The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

A small object, 2015 DJ155, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to pass by Earth on January 31, traveling ...

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

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 ...

Learn about Otter, a research and development demonstrator nanosatellite, and the tech demonstrators it is carrying.

NASA is tracking an asteroid the size of a bus that will shoot past Earth going 35,000 miles per hour on Tuesday. That's more ...

SpaceX continues to push the limits of space technology with its January 2025 Starlink launches. Read about the Falcon 9 ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...

Astronomy and shooting seem to have little in common. But two space missions since 2004 resemble skeet shooting, albeit on a ...

Asteroids are rocky objects left over from the early days of our solar system, orbiting the Sun much like planets. While most ...

Jason Kalirai, an astrophysicist and space mission area executive at APL, has been selected as a fellow by the American ...