Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially ...

There are tens of thousands of near-Earth objects (NEOs) that represent some of the most easily accessible resources in the ...

On April 29, 2026, two airplane-sized asteroids, 2026 HL3 and 2026 HP3, will safely pass Earth at 1.6 million and 3.68 ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union explored ideas so extreme they border on science fiction—including using asteroids as ...

"NASA's planetary defense budget is less than one percent of the total space agency. That's not enough to ever do anything." ...

Scientists gear up to explain significance of event while preventing public panic over unfounded fears of an asteroid strike ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

Did our AI summary help? Two newly identified near-Earth objects, are expected to pass Earth on 27 April 2026, according to preliminary orbital estimates. Both objects fall under the category of ...

The Vatican Observatory announced in an April 29 press release that an asteroid has been named in honour of Pope Leo XIII, who formally reestablished the observatory in 1891.

The Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth, weighing about 60 metric tons today. By ...

On April 29, 2026, two airplane-sized asteroids will safely skim past Earth, with scientists confirming no cause for alarm.