In the event of an impact with the Moon, the explosion of asteroid 2024 YR4 would hurl millions of tons of lunar rocks toward Earth, posing a serious risk to satellites but producing an unprecedented and spectacular meteor shower.
Astronomy
A new discovery has revealed a colossal thread of hot gas stretching 23 million light-years across the cosmos, linking galaxy clusters in a breakthrough decades in the making.
A groundbreaking study using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals that Pluto’s thin haze plays a surprising role in cooling its atmosphere and shaping its unique climate system.More information: Comparing the First Image of Earth from Space With Current Images: The Change Is Incredible
What can small-scale solar flares tell scientists about magnetic reconnection in the lower solar atmosphere?
Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured surrounded by ice clouds before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey probe as the spacecraft studied the Red Planet's atmosphere.
A recent study presents a preliminary design for a “planetary sunshield” at the L1 Lagrange point, sparking debate about a pilot mission. Discover how such a sunshield would work, its technical challenges and its environmental implications, explained in a clear and accessible way.
Mars, despite being a harsh and hostile planet today, may have had similar conditions to Earth in the past. Science is searching for traces and possibilities of life as it prepares for the arrival of humans on the Red Planet.
The Strawberry Full Moon's currently coincides with the lunastice, allowing us to see the Moon in all its splendour high in the sky. See last night's footage.
Titan is a unique world. It's Saturn's largest moon, even larger than our own. It's the only rocky world in the entire solar system, apart from Earth, to have a significant atmosphere.
NASA's telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Sombrero Galaxy, complementing its observations made in late 2024 and providing new details about this system.
Astronomers have anticipated since 1912 a collision between our galaxy, the Milky Way, and its larger neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, which is expected to occur in about 4.5 billion years.
A giant planet is circling a tiny star, but it simply shouldn't exist; what can it tell us about how planets form?