THE MOON could save Earth by blocking a devastating asteroid which is big enough to wipe out a city.  Asteroid 2024 YR4 is the size of a football pitch and has a 1-in-43 chance of a ...

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

Yuri Shprits, a space scientist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, is on a mission to save our planet.

Beijing is recruiting for its "planetary defense" unit, which could be used to protect Earth from a potential asteroid impact ...

The tech billionaires could collaborate on a "humanity-saving" moon base in case an asteroid hits Earth, Douglas MacKinnon ...

Earth’s ice caps exist due to a rare combination of cooling processes. Without these, Earth would likely remain warm and ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...

NASA and the Europeans Space Agency are among the world's space agencies developing methods of protecting Earth from inbound threats. The infinite cosmos is a dangerous place brimming with ...

Earth's magnetic field occasionally bursts into song — but these compositions are written with electromagnetic radiation, not ...

On 29 January, the Earth & Space Sustainability Initiative partnered with the RAeS to host its first conference of the year.

This even distribution of hydrogen is thought to be key to developing scalable radiation shields for both spacecraft and the ...