In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically ...

With moonless skies and rare glimpses of an elusive comet, the 2025 Orionid meteor shower will peak this week, says NASA.

Companies are getting in on the ground floor of mining asteroids in space for precious minerals and important terrestrial ...

Footage appearing to show a number of "double fireball" events may have been caused by a simple quirk of equipment.

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

This year's meteor shower will also coincide with two comets, promising a dazzling celestial display. Here's how to watch.

The Orionids are fast, bright, and sometimes produce fireballs. With no moonlight this year, California skywatchers have one ...

Despite the newcomer, Earth still has just one true moon. NASA says 2025 PN7 keeps its distance — about 4 million kilometers ...

Here's everything to know about the Orionid meteor shower, its impending peak and where you can see the 'shooting stars' ...