Good afternoon and Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! Kicking off today’s edition of Daily on Energy, Callie and Maydeen take a look at the latest in the Trump administration’s federal employee layoffs.

Beijing is recruiting for its "planetary defense" unit, which could be used to protect Earth from a potential asteroid impact in 2032.

In response to the growing concern over a potential asteroid impact, China has established a planetary defense force. This initiative is part of a broader effort to safeguard Earth from near-Earth ...

Weeks after the asteroid's discovery, China’s defense agency announced three key vacancies in its planetary defense ...

Trump’s “Madman” gambit, Japanese PM ready to deal with Trump, Panama denies lifting fees for U.S. warships, Rubio and Power on USAID.

Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, will not process and house detained immigrants after all, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow told reporters Monday during a news conference outside the sprawling, ...

The authorities could allow the country’s currency, the peso, to weaken against the dollar, effectively making its exports ...

Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the next edition. Each month, WTOP is showcasing the best the sky has to offer stargazers regarding the moon, planets and stars.

NEW YORK - Two executives of a Chinese chemical company have been found not guilty by a Manhattan jury on charges they conspired to ship precursor chemicals to the United States to manufacture ...

FIRST ON FOX: A covert agency within Iran’s Ministry of Defense ... has been found to be operating out of top sites used by Iran’s space program. Iran has hidden elements of its nuclear ...

The crew is made up of former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who will act as commander, plus pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of the ISRO, and two mission specialists from the European Space Agency ...

Chinese astronauts have just created rocket fuel and oxygen in space using a new type of "artificial photosynthesis." The breakthrough technology, which used fairly basic equipment and minimal energy, ...