China has started assembling a planetary defence team to counter the threat of near-Earth asteroids following the discovery of a large asteroid that could strike our planet in seven years.

“If you put it over Paris or London or New York, you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs,” Bruce Betts, chief scientist of The Planetary Society, told Agence France ...

He continued: "I was very lucky to photograph the planetary parade from one of my favourite spots on the Mendips." The rare parade should be visible until about the end of February, according to The ...

Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 percent chance of striking Earth in December 2032, per a statement released by the agency. Now, astronomers have bumped ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six- and seven-planet "alignments" in February. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after ...

February's full moon will shine before Valentine's Day with an added bonus view of Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love — during the month's rare planetary parade. Stargazers are in ...

February's full moon will shine before Valentine's Day with an added bonus view of Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love — during the month's rare planetary parade. Pennsylvania ...

Planetary parades of four or five planets happen relatively regularly, though alignments of six or seven are remarkably rare. Six planets are already aligned in the night sky, but stargazers will ...

Should any asteroids ever do pose a serious threat to Earth, the world's space agencies have for years begun to build a planetary defense against dangerous space rocks. "We aren’t just waiting ...

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The rare parade should be visible until about the end of February, according to The Planetary Society.

Seven planets are set to line up in a “planetary parade” this month for the last time before 2040. The rare astronomical event will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and ...