When the United States Space Force was first created, one of its early recruiting ads showed uniformed service members ...

When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...

The first batch of alerts from the Vera Rubin Observatory drew attention to new asteroids, supernovae, and active galactic nuclei.

Astronomy does not belong off Earth. It belongs wherever the universe can be observed — and that necessarily includes the surface of the planet humans live on. Kelsey Johnson: Past President of the ...

When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look deep enough you will find that the sky is in fact ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky.

A recent study reveals that microbes' ability to extract precious metals from asteroids is unaffected by microgravity, making them ideal for future space missions.

An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

Asteroids, exploding stars, and feasting black holes swarm in the first-ever batch of nightly alerts from the Vera C. Rubin ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a stern warning after the agency’s head of planetary ...

A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, ...

“What keeps me up at night is the asteroids we don’t know about," said NASA's planetary defense chief.