Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about ...

Earth faces 2032 collision risk; scientists track potential impact threat Posted: 6 February 2025 | Last updated: 6 February 2025 An asteroid has a one in 83 chance of hitting Earth in just over ...

2025 got off to a fantastic start in the world of collegiate track and field. Here’s a recap of all the action from the month While I know the month ended Jan. 31, the 31st happened to be a ...

He enjoys being outdoors sharing the beauty of the night sky and other wonders of nature. Robert Miller, who provided the evening and morning twilight charts, did graduate work in planetarium science, ...

Six German endurance track cyclists have been seriously injured after an 89-year-old drove a car head-on into the group. The group of athletes, including 2024 track world championship medalists ...

Based on what scientists thought they knew about fast radio bursts, referred to in astronomy as FRBs, this type of galaxy should not contain the kind of star long thought to produce such bursts.

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

I almost concluded it was an actual NEO and stopped looking, but I asked around on the Minor Planet Mailing List just to erase my final doubts" G told Astronomy. It was then that Jonathan McDowell ...

Estimating distances in astronomy is challenging. Think of how hard it is to estimate the distance of someone pointing a flashlight at you on a dark night. Galaxies come in a very wide range of ...

While that federal ban has been in place for decades, John Barentine of Dark Sky Consulting, a member of AAS’s Committee for the Protection of Astronomy and the Space Environment (COMPASSE ...

2, saying it was spotted hurling through the final frontier roughly 150,000 miles from Earth, according to Astronomy magazine. Its distance was closer to the planet than the moon— prompting the ...