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An asteroid on a collision course with Earth is inevitable. Astronomer Michael Lund explains how a new telescope under construction in Chile will become a vital tool for detecting objects that could devastate our planet.

The Weekly Space Hangout will be on hiatus July and August. Join us when we return in September! Announcements: Astronomy Cast, the show Fraser cohosts with Dr. Pamela Gay, will be celebrating their 500th episode the wee...

Watch a replay of the ESA/ESO Asteroid Day webcast from the Supernova Planetarium

Atop Mount Lico in northern Mozambique is a site that few have had the pleasure of seeing - a hidden rainforest, protected by a steep circle of rock. Though the mountain was known to locals, the forest itself remained a....

Asteroids are important building blocks of our solar system. When spacecraft study these small worlds, we learn more about how our neighborhood was formed -- moons, planets and, of course, our own planet Earth.

A rocket developed by a maverick Japanese entrepreneur and convicted fraudster exploded shortly after liftoff Saturday, in a major blow to his bid to send Japan's first privately backed rocket into space.