Stargazers could be treated to a dazzling display at the end of May thanks to the remains of a shattered comet. The possible meteor shower, called the tau Heruclid, is forecast to peak on the night of ...

New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...

To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole. Their technique ...

The Taurid "swarm" is still going strong this month, with bright meteors known as fireballs visible across the world in the night sky. The Southern Taurids peaked last week, with sightings of ...

Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

A cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm recently found a 600-foot-wide space rock flying through space. This space rock is called 2022 SF289, and it is about as wide as almost two ...

Earth is expected to pass through the debris trail of a broken comet on Monday night and early Tuesday morning. It could result in a brand new meteor shower. Night sky watchers in North America have ...

An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our ...

Tonight's sturgeon supermoon could have you dancing in the moonlight -- the type that only happens three to four times per year. Named by the Native American Algonquin tribe after sturgeon fish that ...