Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a ...

Researchers in the United States are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear ...

As Earth wanders through space, there are many dangers lurking in the form of asteroids. Scientists are already keeping a ...

Astronomers using fresh data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have uncovered an asteroid that defies usual planetary ...

In one month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second relative to Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos ...

A tiny asteroid measuring up to 5 feet across was detected hours before safely burning up over northwestern Australia. The harmless fireball marked only the 13th time scientists detected an asteroid ...

A building-sized asteroid will coincidentally fly by Earth during September’s supermoon and partial lunar eclipse early Wednesday morning, offering a celestial show full of events, and NASA is ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. With the 2024 YR4 asteroid scheduled to near Earth by 2032, several ...

On December 6, 2020, Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe dropped off samples from asteroid Ryugu in the Australian outback before beginning a second journey toward a smaller space rock. The spacecraft’s extended ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A massive asteroid is due to skim past our planet this weekend and you ...

A tiny space object, designation 2026 RW1, entered Earth's atmosphere off the coast of northwestern Australia on September 6, 2026. It burned up over the Indian Ocean. According to EarthSky, it was ...