The scare caused by 2024 YR4 has reminded us of how vulnerable humanity is to asteroids. A threat that the European Space Agency's Planetary Defense Office, led by Richard Moissl, is addressing: "The ...

But planetary scientist Terik Daly says there’s no reason to panic. Daly joined NewsNation to discuss the possibility that the asteroid, which has been dubbed a city killer, could hit the Earth ...

As humans, we’re curious about how we got here. When we look out at the night sky, we see stars and planets, even galaxies.

All seven planets are going to line up in the night sky on Friday in a rare planetary parade that will not be repeated for ...

Frank Stefani, a physicist at Helmholtz-Zentrum research ... But there are other, far less contentious, quirks of planetary alignments which certainly do have an impact on us: their usefulness ...

planetary scientist at the University of Reading. Over time, calculations help astronomers to improve accuracy and reduce uncertainty of the asteroid's path, O’Donoghue told the Manchester ...

Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983 ... If life evolves with the planet, then it will evolve on a planetary time scale at a planetary pace." Wright explained ...