This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

Solar wind sounds poetic, but it's a very real and powerful phenomenon, connecting the Sun to every part of our solar system. Unlike the wind we feel .

In astronomy, an occultation is when a celestial body or object — like the moon or a planet — passes in front of a distant celestial body or object — such as a star or other solar system body — and ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

When we look up at the night sky, we tend to see asteroids as simple, wandering rocks—the leftover debris from […] ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is carefully watching an asteroid called 2025 XM, a space rock about 84 feet (26 ...

An international research team led by Korean astronomers has identified the principles of planetary system formation through ...

The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant glowing iron bar across the Ring Nebula. Its origin is unknown, defying models of stellar ...

At Armagh Observatory, Italian-born astronomer Dr. Stefano Bagnulo shares his lifelong passion for astronomy, his ...