A newly-discovered 100 metre wide asteroid heading towards Earth has triggered a planetary defence response group. Spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid - designated ...

New ads were released by the Defence Force last year, centering around how it's a "career with impact" but Professor Leahy said he wasn't seeing enough messaging in the recruitment drive about the ...

A former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier is currently scheduled to visit Wake Forest University’s campus for a speaking event on Feb. 11, months after the university canceled an academic ...

Global planetary defence procedures have been triggered for the first time after a 100 metre-wide asteroid was revealed to have a chance of colliding with Earth. On December 27, 2024, an automated ...

Global planetary defence procedures have been triggered for the first time after a 100 metre-wide asteroid was revealed to have a chance of colliding with Earth. On December 27, 2024, an automated ...

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The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order for a “next-generation” defense shield to protect the US against ballistic missiles and other long-range attacks, taking on a goal that ...

As Estonia’s defense minister, Hanno Pevkur ... The Russian Embassy in London last week said NATO was building up naval and air forces under the “fictitious pretext of the ‘Russian threat.’” ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Newly-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Sunday in a social media post that the U.S. Air Force will continue teaching about the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

After being sworn-in by Vice President JD Vance, the Pentagon’s new leader addressed the Defense Department ... arguing that the armed forces have been focused on waging war for years.

Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense after Vice President JD Vance cast a historic vote to save his confirmation when Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) rejected the nominee at the last hour.