The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years.

February 8, 2000, was a day that longtime WGN Radio listeners, not to mention those who worked at the station at the time, ...

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

The National Weather Service, which is suffering its lowest staffing in decades, is staring down further cuts and the ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

But, yeah, it was often told to my representatives, and my representatives would share that with me.” Even after nabbing the best actor Oscar in 2003 at the age of 29 for “The Pianist” — making him ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Orbital manufacturing. Private space stations. Moon buggies. Exploring Mars. All are there, alongside the more humdrum (if ...

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don't enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos.