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Why the chance that an asteroid might hit Earth in 2032 keeps changing

Why the chance that an asteroid might hit Earth in 2032 keeps changing

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 149 — SpaceX, Moon Missions, and Killer Asteroids?

On Episode 149 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss a potentially hazardous asteroid, SpaceX's plans in the Bahamas, and the debate...

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 149 — SpaceX, Moon Missions, and Killer Asteroids?

It’s cold! A physiologist explains how to keep your body feeling warm

It’s cold! A physiologist explains how to keep your body feeling warm

Humans are 8% virus – how the ancient viral DNA in your genome plays a role in human disease and development

Humans are 8% virus – how the ancient viral DNA in your genome plays a role in human disease and development

Astronomers discover 'Quipu,' the single largest structure in the known universe

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the largest known structure in the ...

Astronomers discover 'Quipu,' the single largest structure in the known universe

20 years of satellite data reveal 'staggering' levels of glaciers melting, sea levels rising

Over the past two decades, glaciers worldwide have lost 273 billion tonnes of ice to a warming world, driving sea levels to rise at an accelerated pac...

20 years of satellite data reveal 'staggering' levels of glaciers melting, sea levels rising

World’s oldest rune stone has more pieces that contain mysterious messages, researchers say

World’s oldest rune stone has more pieces that contain mysterious messages, researchers say

30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work

To construct a warp drive, we would need negative mass, which doesn't appear to exist in the universe and would violate everything we know about motio...

30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work

Should adults get a booster shot of measles and other childhood vaccines?

Should adults get a booster shot of measles and other childhood vaccines?

What's that smell? Astronomers discover a stinky new clue in the search for alien life

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search for life on other planets.

What's that smell? Astronomers discover a stinky new clue in the search for alien life

Einstein wins again! Quarks obey relativity laws, Large Hadron Collider finds

Do top quarks, nature's heaviest elementary particle, obey Einstein's rules at all times of day and night? Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider hav...

Einstein wins again! Quarks obey relativity laws, Large Hadron Collider finds

Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk

Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting Feb. 25 for 10th space tourism launch

Blue Origin is targeting next Tuesday (Feb. 25) for its 10th space tourism launch, which will send six people to the final frontier. You'll be able to...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting Feb. 25 for 10th space tourism launch

Paralympian John McFall could become 1st astronaut with a disability on ISS

European Space Agency astronaut John McFall is cleared to be the first person with a physical disability to fly to the space station.

Paralympian John McFall could become 1st astronaut with a disability on ISS

Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests

The idea that life on Earth arose through a series of improbable "hard" evolutionary steps may be misjudged, according to a new paper that says our Ea...

Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests

When and how to see the 7-planet parade the last week of February

When and how to see the 7-planet parade the last week of February

US Space Force reveals 1st look at secretive X-37B space plane in orbit (photo)

The United States Space Force released the first public photo taken by X-37B space plane in orbit, showing the vehicle high above Earth.

US Space Force reveals 1st look at secretive X-37B space plane in orbit (photo)

Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it

Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announces retirement after 35-year career at the space agency

NASA has announced the retirement of Associate Administrator Jim Free, the agency's chief operating officer for more than 18,000 employees across the ...

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announces retirement after 35-year career at the space agency

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 more of the company's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Saturday (Feb. 8).

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast (video)