A possible bright comet, a southern hemisphere solar eclipse, and a half-dozen meteor showers (including one that might ...

Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago, after it captured and wrecked a passing asteroid, a new study suggests. The debris ring, which likely lasted tens of millions of ...

As the nights grow longer and the weather cools off, Fall is a great time of year to get out to stargaze, especially since this could rightly be called The Season of Meteor Showers. At 8:43 a.m ...

Say hello to Earth’s temporary new mini-moon. From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid will be pulled in by Earth’s gravity — sort of like a window shopper — before returning to its normal orbit ...

As the nights grow longer and the weather cools off, Fall is a great time of year to get out to stargaze, especially since this could rightly be called The Season of Meteor Showers. At 8:43 a.m. EDT ...

PT5 will briefly become Earth's "mini moon" from September 29 to November 25, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study ...

The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued alerts for five asteroids approaching earth. One asteroid is described as ...

On September 26, 2022, the DART spacecraft successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, altering its orbit around the larger ...

The search for a suspected meteorite has started after a bright fireball was seen travelling over the East Midlands. The ...

Earth is about to get a temporary companion as an asteroid known as "2024 PT5" will become a "mini-moon" starting on 29. Discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in South Africa ...

Courtesy Chris Hopper NASA Ambassador to Utah Patrick Wiggins says a few key details confirm the bright light to originate from a meteor falling event. Courtesy Bonnie Logan Ercanbrack "A meteor ...