In December 2024, Buddhist monks from Japan attempted unsuccessfully to send a small temple on board a satellite into orbit.

October’s full moon is known as the hunter’s moon and is named after the practice of hunting and preserving meats for the ...

The asteroid is projected to come within 865,000 miles of Earth—nearly five times closer than the orbit of the moon.

A young rogue planet 620 light-years from Earth has baffled scientists as it puts on a record-breaking 'growth spurt'.

On October 1st, a small asteroid named C15KM95 passed by Earth at an altitude of just 300 kilometers, skimming over Antarctica in a flyby far closer than most near-Earth objects ever get. The event ...

Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the ...

Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.

The air on Venus is about 96.5% carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas. All that CO2 leads to a runaway greenhouse effect ...

Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is far smaller and faster-spinning than previously thought. Astronomers have conducted a new ...

The Space Systems Command (SSC), through its spectrum warfare office, said the project is in support of Golden Dome, a missile defense shield directed by President Trump in an executive order that ...

The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates with new data from ...