The time has come — or will come, in 2035 — to abandon the leap second. So voted the member…
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A fireball that soared over Ontario, Canada, early on Saturday was the sixth object to be detected in space before…
What do you expect to find in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter? Unsurprisingly, asteroids — millions of bits…
What happens when old atomic bombs are retired? Last month, the Biden administration announced its intention to withdraw the nation’s…
Thursday night into Friday morning will be one of the special dates scattered throughout each year when skywatchers can catch…
Do cows that consume cannabis act goofy, get the munchies and spend more time lolling about with their stoned buddies?…
Europa, the ice-encrusted moon of Jupiter, is still everything it’s cracked up to be. Juno, a NASA spacecraft that has…
If you’ve got a telescope in danger of falling out of orbit, who are you going to call? The United…
NASA’s DART spacecraft was not able to take pictures of the very moment it slammed into an asteroid on Monday…
LAUREL, Md. — It’s the plot point for more than one Hollywood blockbuster: A rogue asteroid is hurtling toward Earth,…