Exploding a nuclear weapon on an incoming asteroid has often been proposed as a way to deflect it and prevent a collision with Earth. A group of Chinese scientists has come up with the best method for ...

Record ocean temperatures and a strengthening El Nino could fuel more heatwaves, stronger cyclones and heavier rainfall, ...

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

A spacecraft was sent into orbit on Friday to rescue the Swift Observatory in a daring first-of-its-kind endeavour.

A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop ...

A three-armed spacecraft has rocketed into orbit to rescue a NASA telescope that's in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies' Link spacecraft on Friday ...

Multiple CMEs are heading toward Earth, with G1-G2 geomagnetic storm conditions possible as the holiday weekend begins.

The X1.1 eruption briefly disrupted radio communications across the daylight side of Earth, while forecasters now expect the ...

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

Scientists still don’t know where ghostly particles called neutrinos originate. A distant galaxy could be a potential source.

The scientist is Neil deGrasse Tyson, and in the United States he is probably the most recognised face of science alive today ...