The resources tucked away in asteroids promise to provide the building blocks of humanity's expansion into space. However, accessing those resources can prove tricky. There's the engineering challenge ...

Scientists are on high alert as asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 4.3% chance of hitting the moon, could potentially cause significant damage to Earth's satellites and surface.

WASHINGTON — Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter ...

Is the Moon concealing the icy core of an ancient asteroid within its interior? Under the Moon’s greatest intact impact ...

Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...

The Moon has been Earth’s constant companion for billions of years, shaping tides, lighting the night, and inspiring ...

While many may be focused on 2 Pallas’s trajectory across the night sky, August 10 also brings a planetary parade featuring ...

The Perseid meteor shower hits its peak in activity for 2 nights this week, but will a nearly full moon spoil the show? How to watch “shooting stars” ...

Try to find a spot at least somewhat away from the light pollution in Delaware County to enjoy the celestial treat.

Discover the 4.56-billion-year-old McDonough Meteorite, a rare stony meteorite that shook Georgia with a sonic boom, now ...

A meteorite that tore through the sky in June, shaking the Southeast with a sonic boom, is now believed to be several billion ...

A meteorite that crashed into a Georgia home in June is older than the Earth itself, according to scientists who are studying the space rock. Onlookers in the Southeast were stunned when a fireball ...