NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently came out of hibernation to continue its journey through an unexplored part of the ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from the MIT Press Reader. Read the original story here. In late May, in broad daylight, residents across Massachusetts and beyond saw a brilliant ...

Life on Earth took a long evolutionary journey that eventually created us, the purportedly intelligent species that dominates the planet. But there was no grand plan or design, only happenstance, ...

An asteroid larger than many downtown office buildings will make a relatively close pass by Earth on Saturday, June 27, offering astronomers a rare opportunity to study thus sizable near-Earth object.

An interstellar comet that blazed past the sun and swung by Earth last year could be nearly three times older than our solar system and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic backyard, ...

Investing in interplanetary defense isn’t expensive, and it could save the planet. NASA has catalogued more than 40,000 asteroids whose paths approach Earth’s orbit. Here is where they are now.

Since August 2025, a UFO-reporting app has recorded more than 9,000 sightings of mysterious unidentified objects close to U.S. coastlines and major bodies of water, according to Marine Technology News ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how much stuff is orbiting around the earth? In fact, there are a ton of satellites, spacecraft, and space junk floating out there above our heads. According to Azmth, ...

Over the weekend, China’s second deep-space mission, Tianwen-2, quietly performed a crucial engine burn to rendezvous with a mysterious tiny world in a quasi-Earth orbit. Although China’s space ...

A newly discovered asteroid estimated to be about 62 feet wide will zoom near Earth on Monday, though it is not expected to pose a threat to the planet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

A newly discovered asteroid will pass within about 56,000 miles of Earth on Monday, significantly closer than the distance between Earth and the moon. There is no need to worry or cancel any plans, ...

Here’s the good news: If a near-Earth object (NEO) big enough to wipe out humanity entirely is ever on a collision course with our planet, we’re likely to find out about it a good while before it ...