A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an asteroid set to strike Earth - in a simulation.

The Messier catalog, popular with amateur astronomers, was actually just a by-product of comet hunting. The aim was to avoid ...

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The illustrations were realistic and quite beautiful ... lest your heart’s blood should run cold”? The apocalyptic Comet in Moominland, where a variety of imaginary creatures flee this ever ...

FILE - Illustration of an asteroid or comet striking the surface of the Earth, created on July 19, 2015. (Illustration by Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Kareta said that the full ...

Critics pointed to the episode as an illustration of what they say is Mr Merz’s tendency to impulsiveness. Since then, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest against both Mr Merz’s ...

The original Paddington illustrations are among the pieces in the collection. There is room to store and display items, which was not the case in the previous site at Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire ...

Why it's so special: Nicknamed the "Great Comet of 2025," Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest comet predicted to be visible from Earth all year. Discovered on April 5, 2024 by the ...

A new comet, recently discovered by Hannes Gröller of the University of Arizona, an observer with the Catalina Sky Survey, and now known as C/2025 D1 (Gröller), is smashing records. Still way ...