It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our ...

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR24 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll need to prepare for the worst ...

Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt Dec. 9, 2024 — Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt.

This shower is unique because it derives from an asteroid, where most meteor showers come from broken-up comets. The Geminids first began appearing in the mid-1800s, according to NASA, which added ...

While most meteor showers originate from comets, the Quadrantids come from asteroid 2003 EH1 — a small asteroid that was ...

The New Year starts with a bang as Quandrantids peaks on Jan. 2 and 3. This is one of the largest meteor showers of the year, ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

The Orionid meteor shower is active between Sept. 26 to Nov. 22 and will peak on Oct. 20-21 between midnight and dawn, with clear-sky rates of about 20 meteors per hour. Viewing conditions for the ...

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...

Space is filled with thrilling things to see, from full moons to eclipses, meteor showers and comets, each offering their own distinctive spectacle. And 2025 will be a good year to see comets.

So, we'll use this space to deliver a fun fact. Most meteor showers are fueled by comets, chunks of ice floating through the universe that leave long trails that, as Earth moves through them ...