Researchers discover a massive space rock weighing 68,000 pounds in Argentina. ...

Earth is still vulnerable to an asteroid strike that could cause potentially devastating damage to our planet, according to President Barack Obama's chief science advisor. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren made the announcement Wednesday and stated that to the planet, but there’s still a lot of work left to do, Space.com reported. "We are not fully prepared, but we are on a trajectory to get much more so," said Holdren. He cited the February...

The European Space Agency is on track to complete the most detailed 3D map ever made of the Milky Way, the largest all-sky survey of celestial objects to date. According to a release from the agency, the Gaia satellite has . Researchers have released the first catalogue from the satellite, which also shows the distances and motions across the sky for more than two million stars. “Gaia is at the forefront of astrometry, charting the sky at precisions that have...

Researchers say Earth is an risk for an asteroid strike that could cause major disruption. ...

Astronomers solve the mystery of big red spot on Pluto’s moon Charon. Meteorologist Kait Parker explains. ...

In this weeks Metal Monday, Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari looks at a slomo video from NASA of a rocket launch test. Gnarly. ...

China confirms that it’s lost control of its orbiting, unmanned space station, and that it may fall to Earth in 2017. ...

NASA tests its foam fire suppression system in their Research Aircraft Integration Facility. ...

With the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have detected a planet that is orbiting two dwarf stars. According to a recent NASA news release, the and the planet orbits them about 300 million miles awayin the system OGLE-2007-BLG-349, located 8,000 light-years away towards the center of our galaxy. According to NASA, a full orbit around the pair is estimated to take about seven years to complete. The system was first spotted in 2007 by an international team of...

NASA has a department whose job it is to protect against alien contamination. ...

Photo of an almost new moon. A misconception is that a new moon has a sliver of light shining. Technically, the new moon is one that is completely darkened by the shadow of the Earth as it passes between the moon and sun every 29.53 days. (Mark Garlick Words and Pictures Ltd/Getty Images) At a Glance Stargazers in the Western Hemisphere will be treated to a Black Moon on Friday.A Black Moon is a second new moon in a single...

It’s small, it’s hot, and it’s shrinking. Surprising new NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. (NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution of Washington/USGS/Arizona State University) At a Glance NASA researchers discovered that Mercury is tectonically active and shrinking.The scientists discovered scarps small enough that they believe they are still geologically young, meaning Mercury is still contracting. Mercury already holds the title as the smallest planet in our solar system, but a new study reveals...