(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...

The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen slightly and, while it is unlikely to happen, it is still ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe has made it to Florida's Cape Canaveral to prep for its launch to the moon, which could occur ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

Superman and Zod, both hailing from the doomed planet Krypton, find themselves on Earth with extraordinary abilities. But do ...

A new paper claims that average temperatures have shifted permanently above 1.5C as a result of an obscure factor: recent ...

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged geomagnetic storm in May 2024, including a never-before-seen structure that is ...

Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space ...

A discovery made by a Nasa CubeSat has revealed that the historic solar storm of 2024, which caused the aurora borealis to be visible as far south as Florida and the northern Caribbean, also produced ...

In May 2024, a powerful solar storm had a massive impact on our planet, with effects felt even at the ocean floor. Due to a ...

The earth has just witnessed its hottest January on record, defying expectations and leaving climate scientists scrambling ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with ... in diameter and marked the last known large asteroid to hit the planet. Given the small but not impossible chance of Bennu’s potential ...