NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some awesome pictures on the way.

A NASA spacecraft headed toward the asteroid belt will fly past Mars on Friday, aiming to get a boost from the planet's gravitational field and save some of the propellant it needs to complete the ...

A provocative new study suggests Dante’s Inferno may have secretly doubled as a giant cosmic impact scenario centuries before ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover took a selfie in front of an ancient Mars terrain. The rover assembled 61 images showcasing the ...

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of ...

Even as the world celebrated the success of the Artemis II mission, researchers in Arizona were already looking ahead to ...

In a state that contains the likes of the Grand Canyon and the Sedona red rocks, Meteor Crater is still one of Arizona’s ...

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 ...

Just before 9 a.m. EDT on March 17, a meteor entered the atmosphere over Lake Erie and caused a sonic boom recorded on video and seismographs as it broke up over Medina County in northwestern Ohio.

Space lovers and skywatchers have much to look forward to this month, with a plethora of activity already occurring in April. Beginning on April 21 and 22, the annual Lyrid meteor shower will occur ...

ANACORTES, Wash. — Dozens of people on social media are asking, "What was that?" after seeing something strange falling from the sky overnight. What some described as a bright flash in the sky early ...