See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

On the early morning of May 12, truck driver Brian Robbins witnessed the meteor illuminate the sky above Coolgardie, ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable ...

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet. In photos Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos ...

Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the red ...

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the U.

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

The work that we’re doing is really important because warning time is everything,” says Danica Remy of the B612 Foundation in ...

They add: "The asteroid's orbit around the Sun sees it safely pass Earth several times in just a few years before ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...