NASA’s Heat-Seeking Space Telescope Is Almost Ready to Spot Killer Asteroids
NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...
Hunt for 25,000 hidden asteroids as scientist reveals how we’d stop a dangerous city-killer rock hurtling towards Earth
NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we’ve missed.
They Just Shut Down Gaia, the Spacecraft That Mapped Two Billion Stars
After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...
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Fear of Space Can Fuel Conspiracy Theories, Researcher Warns
There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there's still time to worry about bad things arriving from above.
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NASA rover spots hundreds of 'spider eggs' on Mars — and scientists have no idea how they got there
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying ...
Exact dates you can see meteor showers across the UK - with one just weeks away
Shooting stars have captivated humans for generations, and dozens of cultures assign meaning to them - from granting wishes ...
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Spielberg movie filming in N.J. seeks extras to play North Korean soldiers
As filming rolls on for Steven Spielberg’s latest movie in New Jersey, the production is seeking more local extras.
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Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge
Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about, 2024 YR4? Initially predicted with a small but ...
A Partial Solar Eclipse Will Create ‘Devil Horns’ on Saturday. Here’s How to Watch
On March 29, the Moon will wedge itself between the Sun and Earth, blocking only a part of the star from our view.
7 night sky events to see in April, from a meteor shower to the ‘pink moon’
The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.
James Webb captures a rare astronomical ring in the sky
A striking new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a rare object called an Einstein ring. This shows what appears to be a ring-shaped object in the sky, but is actually created by two ...
Earth’s 5 catastrophic mass extinctions, explained
Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...