Video. A new laser ground station has opened in northern Greece. Where else in Europe is this novel technology being used, ...

Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on ...

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes ...

NASA's Perseverance rover took its sixth ever selfie from the red planet during a recent excursion west of Mars' Jezero ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a ...

One of the greatest works of medieval literature hides within it an accurate representation of an asteroid impact, according ...

Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially ...

New research reveals that Dante Alighieri's Inferno wasn't just a masterpiece of literature: it was a gedankenexperiment in impact physics. From multi-ring craters to shockwaves that reshaped the ...

Two meteor showers, the Southern delta Aquarids and the alpha Capricornids, will peak simultaneously from July 30-31. The Perseids, considered the best meteor shower of the year, will peak between ...

Early birds are in for a celestial treat this week as activity from the Eta Aquariid meteor shower heats up — but they’ll need to keep sharp eyes on the sky. The shower will peak between Tuesday and ...

Still, the skyscraper-sized object will be so close — within 20,000 miles of the surface of the planet, nearer than some satellites — it will be visible to the naked eye during its Friday April 13, ...