Even when skies seem calm, space has its surprises. An asteroid the size of an airplane is flying close. While there's no ...

The seismic signature of a fireball meteoroid event can be used to tell whether the fireball fragmented or remained intact as ...

"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and ...

Ted Stryk's work was recognized by the International Astronomical Union, which names bodies in the solar system.

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...

According to a new study, Earth's mini-moons may not be from the asteroid belt after all. They're made of Moon.

If some asteroid big enough to do damage has us in its crosshairs, we hope we’ll know about it as soon as we can, giving us enough time, perhaps, to do something about it.

A plane-sized asteroid scheduled to pass Earth next week is making headlines, but NASA experts want the public to understand ...

California, Colorado, and Oregon ranked among the best states for witnessing the celestial phenomena, according to a recent study.

But 2025 OW isn't the only asteroid approaching us in the coming days. NASA is also tracking another airplane-sized space ...

Planetary scientists have published a detailed follow-up on the debris from their historic 2022 asteroid impact experiment in outer space.

On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.