Learn more about the Quasi-moons and mini-moons that sometimes get caught in our orbit and how they could offer mining opportunities.

Since Psyche launched in 2023, NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology test has seen the mission beam a series of messages back to Earth via laser. The spacecraft’s 65th and final ...

Geological evidence, including an Ordovician-era increase in earthquakes, tsunamis, meteorites, and crater formation, suggests a significant celestial event approximately 466 million years ago. A ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event.

New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's crust, showing its development was shaped by the impact of meteorites ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...

A comet named “Devil” has revealed an important clue about the origin of water on Earth. Researchers recently discovered that water on Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a rare galactic phenomenon known for its ...

Earth wobbles on its axis like a spinning top, a motion called precession. This wobble takes about 26,000 years to complete one full circle. Different stars have served as the North Star throughout ...

Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...

A rocky planet in the Milky Way galaxy may have an atmosphere, raising the possibility that life could exist on its surface, according to experts. TRAPPIST-1e, a planet belonging to a collection of ...

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous ...

SpIRIT, Australia’s first astronomy nanosatellite has completed its commissioning phase. This satellite will detect gamma-ray ...