The curious minds at What If explore the catastrophic impact if the largest asteroid struck Earth without warning, revealing ...

That asteroid the headlines have been warning people about isn't likely to actually hit us, and scientists might have solved ...

An asteroid impact would be devastating for Earth, but certain types of space rocks can be even more damaging, as, instead of ...

A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb identifies 18 anomalies of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, raising questions about whether it ...

Installation of an experiment testing asteroid material at CERN's HiRadMat facility. (Photo: Karl-Georg Schlesinger) Millions of asteroids orbit ...

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Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

US President Donald Trump’s position on Greenland has shifted almost daily, from threats to take it by force to assurances he ...