The Expanse became one of Prime Video's definitive sci-fi series, and there are some episodes that embody the genre better ...

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We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start ...

Asteroid 2022 RD2 is a near-Earth object that could become a temporary moon, then later a potential crash risk for the planet later this century. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration Scientists ...

Because of Earth’s weathering climate and shifting tectonics, impact craters regularly disappear from the Earth’s geologic record. Scientists in China found an impact crater that formed during the ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is zipping towards our planet at more than 18,300 miles per hour, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The asteroid, known as ...

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...

Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of materials from throughout, and even beyond, our solar system. Over the past few ...

NASA’s Goldstone facility recorded 41 radar images of the near-Earth asteroid 2025 OW during a safe pass about 400,000 miles away. That distance is roughly one and a half times the distance to the ...

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NASA has identified a significant shift in the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential ‘city killer’ for Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope detected this colossal object, ...