Thought up back in 1978 by NASA scientists Donald Kessler and Burton Cour-Palais, the Kessler syndrome says that humanity is ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

Along the lunar orbital path, the point of closest proximity is known as perigee, which is when the moon is, on average, ...

Everything has a beginning, and a new study finds that the start of life on Earth arrived in the form of melted asteroids.

For the believers and nonbelievers, the Pentagon answered whether UFOs or aliens have ever visited earth, saying there is no evidence.

A recently discovered comet, known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, will make its closest approach of Earth on Saturday.

Europa Clipper and JUICE are set up to give scientists game-changing information about the potential habitability of ...

Don't worry, we're not serious about cutting down the oak trees. But something needs to be done about the isoprene they emit.

Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that without 'unmelted' asteroids, there may ...

The Apollo 8 mission was the first to send humans around the Moon. Its primary purpose was to scout future lunar landing sites.

Folks who are sure they're right often believe they've got enough information to make up their minds, even if in reality they ...