Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.

Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...

Space is a pretty wild place with asteroids, rogue planets and possibly even aliens species being a threat to humanity. Now a ...

(KTLA) — A second moon has officially entered Earth’s orbit — sort of. Although it’s being called a “minimoon,” it’s actually ...

A new study reveals a second asteroid impact, near the time of the dinosaurs` demise, off the coast of Guinea.

The crater lies deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean and was formed around 66 million years ago – making it a contemporary of ...

Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...

The comet will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere in the evening, just after sunset, when it is low in the southwestern ...

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have unveiled stunning new images of a massive asteroid impact crater hidden beneath ...

Though the other space rock was much smaller than the asteroid that caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs, it was large ...

When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, ...

The terminator sweeps across the Moon, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to wow, and Jupiter reaches a stationary point in ...