The object has only a tiny chance of reaching Earth's atmosphere — but NASA isn't worried.
Thousands of new orbiters threaten astronomical observations and image processing alone won’t save them
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is set to open the ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) at 10 a.m....
When researchers sought to understand the mechanical behaviors of disordered proteins in the lab, they expected that after being stretched, one particular model protein would snap...
Regardless of how beautiful they might be, supernovae are extremely destructive and dangerous cosmic phenomenons. Killer asteroids like the Chicxulub impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs...
The James Webb Space Telescope — a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA),…
A team of scientists has concluded that our cognitive limitations lead to probability distortions and to subsequent errors in decision-making.
Brig. Gen. Doug Schiess: Three launches in a week has not been done in Florida since 2001
A billion years may not sound young, but researchers estimating the age of the Earth's core say it could be at the lower end of previous...
The chances of a commercial airliner crashing are vanishingly smalland yet many people are uncomfortable flying. Vaccination for many common childhood diseases entail almost no riskbut...