NASA planetary defense experts report that mid-size near-Earth asteroids could cause regional damage, with detection and deflection remaining limited, according to New York Post and AAAS reports.

Planet groupings occur every few years and are visually appealing but not rare. While some social media claims exaggerate ...

A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.

By Mike DiGirolamo National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yuyän returns to the Mongabay Newscast to share his experience creating his new book, Guardians of Life: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous ...

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic geological feature of tectonic activity. The team’s discovery of how SMRs form ...

Trump administration proposed deep cuts. But funding passed by Congress supports a pillar of the state’s economy.

NASA has made an alarming admission, revealing it has no idea where thousands of ginormous asteroids are currently located. The space rocks have terrifyingly been dubbed 'city killers' due to their ...

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic geological feature of tectonic activity. Published in The Planetary Science Journal ...

As children, many of us remember lying on terraces or open fields, trying to count stars. One, two, three and then losing ...

Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges traditional models and supports the idea that planets may form one by one in ...

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

NASA has since downgraded that possibility to zero percent, but the asteroid continues to be tracked by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope this week as there's a 4 percent chance it could collide with ...