Extraterrestrial landers sent to gather samples from the surface of distant moons and planets have limited time and battery power to complete their ...

The residential area shifted toward the Pacific Ocean as much as 4 inches — per week — during a four-week period last fall.

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe has made it to Florida's Cape Canaveral to prep for its launch to the moon, which could occur ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 years.

I was absolutely bowled over,” the Cambria man and British expat said upon learning he would be honored by King Charles.

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to ...

Join experts from Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the University of Colorado Boulder to learn more about ...

"Our immediate concerns are with our neighboring communities and our employees," McGregor said. Over 100 additional others, ...

Slated for a 2027 launch, NASA's NEO Surveyor mission is advancing through critical testing phases to enhance our planetary ...

Matthew Payne, the director of the Minor Planet Center, said in an email to Astronomy that the organization is already ...

That’s about 4% of its approximately 5,500 staff members, and includes JPL’s deputy director, Leslie Livesay. “Collectively, we’re heartbroken at the loss, but heart-warmed by how the ...