An asteroid will zoom past Earth this week at such close range that standard telescopes may be able to spot it in the night sky, experts say. The space rock, dubbed 2023 DZ2 by NASA, is expected to ...

In the coming days, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter will perform its riskiest fly-by of Earth yet as it makes its way towards the Sun. The European Space Agency (ESA) has detailed on its ...

Among astronomers both professional and amateur, perhaps no asteroid is more notorious than Apophis. If you've heard of Apophis, then you're likely aware of the reputation it gained upon its discovery ...

Blue Origin will make history when it sends the first person who uses a wheelchair into space on its next mission.

One of the first things aspiring pilots learn is straight-and-level flight, a technique that involves maintaining control of a plane while staying at the same altitude and flying in one direction. A ...

A diagram of 2023 BU as mapped by NASA. The red represents the asteroids’s path, the green that of certain satellites. Photo credit: Sceeen shot, jpl.nasa.gov/ A small asteroid will make one of the ...

Artist’s illustration of NASA’s GeoCarb mission, which will map concentrations of key carbon gases above the Americas from geostationary orbit. ( Credit: Lockheed Martin, University of Oklahoma) ...

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ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta will make a fly-by of planet Earth on 4 March 2005, and sky watchers should be able to see it with telescopes or binoculars if the sky is clear! Read on for details of ESA’s ...