An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

Researchers simulated how gravitational collapse forms two-lobed contact binaries in the Kuiper Belt without destructive ...

When a space rock big enough to end civilization shows up on the radar, the margin for philosophical debate shrinks fast. In ...

Scientists studying asteroid Bennu have discovered that key amino acids may have formed in icy, radiation-rich environments rather than warm water. The findings suggest life’s basic ingredients can ...

New life may have evolved surprisingly fast after a famous mass extinction event about 66 million years ago. University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences / John Maisano Some 66 million ...

Abstract: In this paper we explore to which extent generative AI, in the form of Large Language Models such as GPT-4, can assist in obtaining a correct executable simulation model. The starting point ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes captured imagery of the aftermath from ...

There's a 4.3% chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the lunar surface and creating a collision so spectacular it will be like fireworks in the sky.

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an ...

Abstract: An electricity market is a complex, dynamically operated network encompassing multiple participants under defined rules, thereby ensuring real-time supply-demand balance and system ...

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Marenfeld / NSF's NOIRLab Astronomers at the University of Washington recently discovered a record-breaking ...