Category: Science

An asteroid hit Earth hours after being discovered on Oct 22. This is the third time this year that a space rock was found moments before impact. The asteroid was … Read More

Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all Notice: JavaScript is required for this … Read More

On Oct. 14, at six minutes past noon, a group of people stood on a balcony overlooking a launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Fla. and watched Europa … Read More

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Each of the four crew members aboard SpaceX’s Polaris … Read More

Four astronauts have returned to Earth after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn … Read More

Wildfires aren’t just tearing through larger swaths of the American West. They’re spreading more quickly, too. A team of researchers looked at NASA satellite data on 60,000 wildfires in the … Read More

A comet that was predicted to become bright enough to see with the naked eye at Halloween seems to be disintegrating right before our eyes. It’s called C/2024 S1, discovered … Read More

Atmospheric rivers—the massive bands of water vapor that deliver crucial rainfall to regions worldwide—are steadily moving toward Earth’s poles, a shift that could dramatically alter precipitation patterns and water resources. … Read More

Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame.  Two had already zipped past early in the … Read More

WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 24 launched the NROL-167 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California … Read More