It wasn’t science fiction — it was humanity’s first attempt to stop a cosmic killer. NASA’s DART mission smashed into an ...

Stargazers rejoice! Dec. 4 marks the start of the annual Geminid meteor shower, as Earth passes through the trail of debris ...

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...

This year's viewing conditions are favourable. The Geminid meteor shower's peak occurs just after the last quarter moon on 11 ...

From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

New research announced by NASA on Tuesday details a bevy of exciting discoveries from asteroid dust that could provide clues ...

The intriguing findings bolster the theory that asteroids seeded the early Earth with life's chemical components - a process known as panspermia.

It’s become something of a seasonal tradition – with apologies to the remarkable Randall Munroe – for me to tackle your bizarre hypothetical economics questions. To give you a ...