The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

YR4 currently has a 2.4 percent chance of impacting Earth. Scientists have not raised the alarm, despite monitoring its evolution. In fact, we even know when it could ...

Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

AN asteroid the size of a football pitch cannot be ignored, an expert has warned after its chances of hitting Earth increased ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth.

Rumors of a Russian space nuke, along with other satellite-targeting weapons, have made geopolitical tensions extend into ...

The X-shaped building in southwestern China could help China pull ahead in the race to master a futuristic clean energy ...

The event is designated EP240408a, as it was first detected by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on 8 April 2024. At a glance, it appeared to be a run-of-the-mill gamma ray burst, which ...

"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...

Russia’s potential space nuke—or whatever it is—is just the latest military technology countries ... as it’s hit by debris from a blown-up Russian satellite. The real-world explosion took place in a ...