Alfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces.

Here, trillions of asteroids, enormous rocks left over from ... Then cast your vote. Find it on PBS.org. To order this program on VHS or DVD, or the book Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic ...

In the wake of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which showed that asteroids could be shifted by slamming a spacecraft into them, this X-ray technique could further prop up our ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ‘JPL’ has been carefully monitoring five asteroids that are predicted to safely fly by Earth towards the end of September 2024. Although this news might ...

It turns out you can probably divert some of the more threatening asteroids with nothing more than the products of a nuclear weapons program. But it doesn't work the way you probably think it does.

NASA has alerted about two asteroids, 2024 SD3 and 2024 SR4, set to pass by Earth today without posing any danger. Measuring 68 and 51 feet, they will safely pass at distances of 924,000 km and ...

Scientists are studying whether future astronauts on deep-space journeys could transform compounds in asteroids into food. By Sarah Scoles Sarah Scoles previously reported on simulating ...

October is going to be one of the busiest months of the year on PBS because of the upcoming presidential election. There are many news specials and documentaries dedicated to the election.

However, this is not the first time that an asteroid has passed by Earth at a close distance; other asteroids have come even closer without causing any harm. Here is the list of history's top 10 ...

on PBS. Harbinson will direct the first two episodes of the new series, and Faye Gilbert and David Evans will each helm two installments as well. Harbinson executive produces via Windhover Films ...

The Earth is bombarded daily by objects from outer space but generally they go unnoticed. However, every now and then one catches our attention. The plan does not involve a direct impact of the ...

It is actually far easier to watch this first-rate “Masterpiece” mystery than to map it out: Like its predecessor, 2022’s “Magpie Murders,” this adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s second ...