When we look up at the night sky, we tend to see asteroids as simple, wandering rocks—the leftover debris from […] ...

Installation of an experiment testing asteroid material at CERN's HiRadMat facility. (Photo: Karl-Georg Schlesinger) Millions of asteroids orbit ...

An artist's rendering of 2025 MN45 - the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. Photo: NSF-DOE ...

On January 6, 2026, astronomers unveiled a groundbreaking discovery in The Astrophysical Journal Letters: an astonishing cosmic entity named 2025 MN45. This monument ...

A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in ...

However, due to its fragility, aerogel has played a vital role in space exploration. Aerogels are 99.8 per cent air. They are ...

Big asteroid heading for Earth, cue the dramatic music. Well, it’s not just Hollywood stuff. Scientists are constantly ...

Philip Sparke's iconic test-piece will be the challenge for the bands to meet at the 2026 British Open Championship.

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

Imagine a time when Earth was a molten, volcanic wasteland, heavily bombarded by colossal asteroids. We’ve long feared these cosmic impacts as destroyers of life, but what if they were the key to our ...