After about 10 years of construction, the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is scheduled to see its first light in January…
Can we secure our place in the Solar System? Not in any absolute sense because nature can be very unpredictable.…
Last week, a small asteroid was detected just two hours before it impacted Earth’s atmosphere. Luckily, it was only about…
A lot of the threats humanity faces come from ourselves. If we were listing them, we'd include tribalism, greed, and…
When 'Oumuamua was first detected on October 19th, 2017, astronomers were understandably confused about the nature of this strange object.…
A team of astronomers recently observed Phaeton, a Near-Earth Object (NEO) that behaves like both an asteroid and a comet
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, which will attempt to deflect a small asteroid in 2022, recently moved into…
At the European Planetary Science Conference in Riga this week, scientists urged Europe to remain committed to the AIDA asteroid…
Since 2013, the NEOWISE mission has surveyed more than 19,000 asteroids and comets and discovered 72 new Near Earth Objects…
On March 5th, asteroid 2013 TX68 could be making a close flyby Earth. But NASA's asteroid watchers insist there's no…