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A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit — not on our planet, but on the moon. The object, named asteroid 2024 YR4, has drawn intense interest from the astronomy community as its…

A once-overlooked fault line beneath North America may pose a far greater threat than previously realized. Canadian geologists have raised the alarm over the Tintina Fault, a hidden seismic hazard stretching from Yukon Territory into interior…

On Episode 170 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by are joined by Dr. Robert O’Brien, director of the Center for Space Nuclear Research for…

Update (9:31 p.m.) – According to base officials, the Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched at 9:31 p.m. Saturday from SLC-4E.
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Update (09:05 p.m.): – According to base…

The wrists of birds are incredibly complex and functionally crucial in both flight and the folding of wings at rest, says Will Newton. 

To stabilise their wings during flight, birds rely on a tiny bone known as the pisiform. This bone was long…

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar visitor traveling toward the Sun. Several telescopes have since turned their…

The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute.

Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a…

SpaceX just took a big step toward its next astronaut launch.

The company announced Thursday (July 24) that it has moved its Crew Dragon capsule “Endeavour” to the hangar at historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Endeavour is…