Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of ...

The finds come from the Rubin Observatory. which is expected will eventually reveal nearly 90,000 new near-Earth objects.

Astronomer Patrick M. Shober found a new meteor shower—and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun.

The asteroid is on the European Space Agency's Risk List, but poses no threat to Earth or the moon during the close approach.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports three asteroids will safely pass Earth on April 7, 2026. Asteroids such as 2011 FT9, ...

A 48-foot asteroid will pass Earth on April 12, 2026, at a safe distance of 4 million miles, posing no threat while offering ...

Doomsday meteors get a bad rap. For decades, these poor rocks have been tarnished in the press and demonized in major ...

The realizations on social media align with what researchers have long known about Earth's composition.

Japan's space agency, JAXA, has been knocking it out of the park with small-body exploration missions for decades. They had ...

The theory of panspermia holds that life is spread through the cosmos via asteroids, comets, and other objects.

If NASA’s ambitious lunar exploration plans succeed, scientists will cover the moon with sensors—and find answers to several ...