The asteroid struck with more force than a billion nuclear bombs. Fires ignited across continents. Tsunamis tore across ...

The Ursids peak Sunday night into Monday morning and will be visible until Dec. 26 from the Northern Hemisphere. Skygazers ...

Every December, Earth plows through a dusty lane of debris in space, and the night becomes illuminated by streaks of meteors.

A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high speed, estimated at roughly 78,000 mph, the meteorite could have left a ...

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

According to NASA, an asteroid is labelled "potentially hazardous" based on a combination of factors: its size and how close its orbit comes to Earth. Asteroids measuring 492 feet or beyond ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what ...

Dinosaurs ruled Earth for millions of years, but according to the most widely accepted theory, a massive asteroid wiped them ...

A massive collision between two asteroid-sized bodies around a nearby star offers a rare look at the violent process of ...

Skywatchers can catch the year’s final meteor display overnight on December 21–22, when dark skies may reveal up to 10 ...

Today is one astronomers, stargazers and alien conspiracy theorists have been waiting for: interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is as ...