SPACEAn asteroid double the size of Big Ben and more damaging than the world's most powerful man-made weapon will fly near Earth this Monday and will be visible through some observatories in the country.
NASA is testing a mission called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which will impact a big asteroid. After all, experts claim the chances of such a deadly space rock are complicated.
Scientists have discovered light emanating from the merger of two black holes in the furthest reaches of the galaxy, which is a rare astronomical phenomenon.
A large asteroid as big as Washington Monument, which means it would be far more powerful than a nuclear bomb, will likely pass by Earth on December 27.
The US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) warns that a solar flare from the Sun threatens to affect power grids and satellites and create northern lights.
In recent years, scientists have discovered a number of planets that, if not the title of "twin of the Earth," at least claim to be its closest equivalents.
Stars, planets and moons are round in shape due to gravity. Earth's Solar System includes several planets, moons, stars, satellites, and the Sun. Despite their size and characteristics, they all have one thing in common--their shape.