The peak shower will appear to the east, coming out of the Gemini constellation, between 8 and 9 p.m. Saturday, and will last ...
Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...
A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...
The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...
The meteor was captured at 6:46 p.m. on the Saltwater-Recon camera in Freeport, which was showing the San Luis Pass. There were clear skies across the Houston area, so you may have been able to see it ...
It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re ...
WASHINGTON — One of the best and brightest celestial displays of the year is about to peak this weekend. The Geminids, an ...
The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.
Professor K.T. Ramesh's How to Stop an Asteroid course introduces first-year Johns Hopkins undergrads to both the engineering ...
This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers ...
NASA says that the chances of the asteroid known as 2024 YR hitting Earth have been virtually eliminated—but there is a small ...