The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Recently the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced the discovery of a new asteroid – 2018 CN41 ... Watch the Moon pass a couple of bright stars, see below for dates. Evening sky: The planets ...

It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but the wait is proving to be worth it. A new study published January 29 in ...

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Although it might sound scary that it is so close to the Earth, there is no current danger to our planet ... the asteroid is predicted to be close to Earth at about 3.92 million miles, about 16 times ...

On Jan. 2, the Minor Planet ... it’s not an asteroid when you get there,” he said. And it is a problem that is set to worsen as more nations and companies venture to the Moon and beyond.

Today offers a chance for reflection and processing insights related to work and career growth. Find daily astrological predictions for all sun signs for February 9. We recommend reading the ...

The asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day — passing within roughly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) of Earth, about twice the distance of the moon ... or miss the planet, he told ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.