NASA has confirmed that the 1,200-foot Apophis asteroid — one of the largest near-Earth objects ever tracked — will pass ...

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...

A meteor that caused a loud boom when it exploded over Massachusetts Saturday afternoon split into fragments four times larger than most meteorites, according to NASA.

While the shower is not known for producing many meteors, the meteors it does produce can be bright and travel slowly across ...

Next summer, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will start sidling up to several asteroids near Jupiter. On its way there, it has studied another space rock up close ...

See July 2026 sky events, including meteor showers, the Buck Moon, planetary alignments and when visibility may be affected.

Evidence of chemical alteration by liquid water has been found on the asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed further from the sun before being shoved inwards.

Other upcoming meteor showers happening later this summer include the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids meteor showers, both of which are expected to peak between July 30 and 31, and ...

On Saturday, at around 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeastern US and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. The ...

The mission demonstrated the ability to deflect a potentially dangerous space rock away from Earth. Read more at straitstimes ...

Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of International Asteroid Day. In the decade since the United Nations established the observance, scientists say Earth is better prepared to def ...