The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...

It may sound like something out of an epic space movie, but earth is going to get a second moon for a short time.

The mini-moon, named "2024 PT5", was discovered back in August and will be temporarily captured by Earth's gravitational pull ...

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...

The Climate Prediction Center released new monthly and seasonal outlooks on Thursday revealing an expectation that drought makes a return to more of. Read more: ...

Austinites will be able to hail a driverless rideshare courtesy a partnership between Uber and autonomous vehicle company Waymo — but some residents will get early access to the driverless technology ...

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...

Scientists may have just created the most efficient way to stop asteroids from obliterating the Earth. Researchers in New ...

The universe’s hidden mass may be made of black holes, which could wobble the planets of the solar system when they pass by ...

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.

The old joke about the dinosaurs going extinct because they didn't have a space program may be overselling the need for one.