Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

By mapping areas where seismometers in southern California detected sonic booms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and ...

The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.

A newly discovered object is silently shadowing Earth in a bizarre orbital pattern scientists rarely observe. Tracked by NASA and moving in near-perfect sync with our ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has drawn attention due to its trajectory and physical properties, which differ from typical solar system comets. Harvard Professor Avi Loeb has discussed 15 specific ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Following a successful prototype, Microsoft will be delivering a new artificial intelligence tool to the U.S. government that uses ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third interstellar object ever known to pass through our solar system—is accelerating and now approaching its closest point to Earth. “Significant” non-gravitational accelerations ...

Chris Young’s Beyond Earth column explores the intersection of space technology and policy, providing thought-provoking commentary on the latest advancements and regulatory developments in the sector.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a deeper look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, as it zoomed through the solar system on Nov. 30. The Wide Field Camera 3 ...

The Bennu asteroid, a space rock not too far from Earth that is rich in carbon, continues to be a trove of information for scientists keen to learn about how life may have begun in our solar system.

NASA revealed that scientists discovered sugars that are “essential” to life and a “gum-like” substance on the space rock Bennu NASA/Goddard/University of ...