The Einstein Probe is revolutionizing our view of the distant X-ray universe, offering an unprecedented look at some of the ...

The Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the presumed asteroid on January 2 - even giving it an official name of ...

Security camera footage posted on the social media platform Sina Weibo captured the scene of two family members reacting to ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

Asteroids have significantly impacted Earth's history through numerous collisions, shaping the planet's geography and ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Einstein Probe's Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) detected a burst of low-energy X-rays. Astronomers call such X-rays "soft," ...

After exploding, the craft sent blazing debris across the sky and forced multiple aircraft flying over and near the Caribbean ...