NASA's DART mission in 2022 dramatically altered an asteroid's orbit, potentially sending debris toward Earth and Mars, ...

Meteors are actually pieces of asteroids or comets that enter Earth’s atmosphere. When these small fragments, known as meteoroids, travel at high speeds and burn up upon entering the atmosphere, they ...

ATLAS captured from the International Space Station.  The comet, designated C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is currently making ...

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a ...

A newly discovered asteroid, also referred to as a mini-moon or second moon, is set to enter Earth's orbit temporarily this ...

Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's launch window opens on Oct. 7 ...

You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...

The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of. An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to ...

Peanuts! Get your peanuts here! The solar system has been passing out peanuts lately in the form of two different oddly shaped asteroids that recently passed by Earth, and both look like over-sized ...

Meteors can be pieces of asteroids (which are rocky objects that orbit the Sun) or comets (which are icy bodies with long tails). As comets pass near the Sun, they can leave behind trails of dust and ...

A stadium-sized asteroid is passing relatively close to Earth on Tuesday, NASA announced. Its distance from Earth and its ...

A “fireball” has been seen over the neighbouring town of Swindon as a 33-metre asteroid was scheduled to pass by Earth. Sightings in the sky were reported across the Wiltshire town both Friday night ...