A "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica is offering scientists a rare glimpse into Earth's deep interior, a dynamic record of slow-moving processes that have been reshaping our planet for tens of millions ...

Whatever the case, a wounded ISS will have been fairly rotten luck. Back in 2017, scientists from NASA and a Russian space ...

China’s Shenlong space plane launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for its fourth orbital mission to low Earth orbit, continuing tests for future reusable spacecraft technologies.

A small coral reef fish can recognize itself in a mirror. This discovery challenges long-held ideas about animal intelligence ...

Musk’s science fiction dream of human life on Mars finally met his pocketbook. The accountants burst his bubble by explaining ...

NASA's head of planetary defence, Dr Kelly Fast, has issued an unsettling update on thousands of ‘city-killer’ asteroids that could hit Earth.

While not an official term, "city-killing asteroids" refers to asteroids large enough to significantly damage cities if they were to crash into Earth, the scientists said. Asteroids are rocky, airless ...

NASA officials warn that around 15,000 'city-killer' asteroids remain undiscovered, many lurking in a stubborn observational blind spot near the sun.

Scientists scanning the heart of the Milky Way have spotted a tantalizing signal: a possible ultra-fast pulsar spinning every 8.19 milliseconds near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at our ...

Thousands of “city killer” asteroids remain undetected, NASA warns, and no ready spacecraft exists to stop one. A recent close call exposed gaps that scientists say still leave Earth vulnerable.

Enter the heads-up and off-world reality of the nonprofit B612 Foundation, which takes its name from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella "The Little Prince." (The prince lives on an asteroid ...