Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
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Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.
Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.
Telemetry from the Starship froze just more than 8 minutes after launch from Texas, moments after engines began shutting down.
The first meteor shower of 2025 is about to peak. Here's how to watch and where you can see the Quadrantids.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for months longer than expected, and will not return to Earth until at least March 2025 at the earliest, NASA indicated.
One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to peak. Here's how to watch and where you can catch the Geminids.
President-elect Donald Trump was on hand with Elon Musk for the sixth test flight of SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket.
The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico a month later than planned, setting a SpaceX endurance record in the process.
Last week, the Northern Lights had people across Northern California looking up at the night sky. Now, there's another rare celestial event on the horizon.
This week's full moon is called the Hunter's Moon. It's also a supermoon, which is expected to be the brightest one of the year so far.
The successful capture of the returning Super Heavy rocket with giant mechanical arms is a key element in SpaceX's goal of "rapid reusability"
Images from space show the progress of Hurricane Milton towards the western coast of Florida.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for docking Sunday.
