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However, you're more likely to read and hear about meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, comets, and asteroids online and in the news, so here's a breakdown of exactly what they are.

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

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Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn every year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it ...

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Astonished Scots have captured a meteor streaking and burning brightly across the night sky. The orange light and ...

Open space, dark skies and elevation add up to great views of the skies in Colorado. But can you spot asteroids, comets and ...

While thinking of space as one big rubbish tip isn’t nice, one perk of all this cosmic filth is meteor showers, which light ...