NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin Trump’s ...

OSIRIS-Rex arrived at Asteroid Bennu expecting a smooth, forgiving surface ideal for sample collection. Instead, the spacecraft found a world made of loose, shifting debris that reacted unpredictably ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is zipping towards our planet at more than 18,300 miles per hour, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The asteroid, known as ...

Astronomers are running out of time to decide whether to prevent asteroid 2024 YR4 from hitting the moon in 2032. A small observing window with the James Webb Space Telescope will open in February, ...

Asteroids contain large quantities of both precious and common metals, and despite the obvious challenges in reaching them, a few startups say these celestial bodies could offer a sustainable ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

NASA is tracking two house-sized asteroids zipping toward Earth today as fast as around 20,500 miles per hour. One asteroid, known as "2025 VW," is projected to make its closest approach at about 1.29 ...

US border czar Homan defends immigration crackdown on Somalis in Minnesota White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, saying the ...

Coast-to-coast cheers as US fans react to 2026 World Cup draw From a Hollywood-style watch party in Los Angeles to a packed fan zone in New York's Times Square, U.S. soccer fans reacted with pride, ...