World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home. June 30 is the 10th anniversary of ...

Summer is almost underway across the Northern Hemisphere, and with it comes the warmest weather and some of the most challenging stargazing conditions. June's short nights are the biggest factor for ...

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...

The day marks the anniversary of a large meteor impact in Siberia on June 30, 1908. This is known as the Tunguska event. As the meteor entered the atmosphere, it exploded several miles above the ...

Lowell Observatory and Meteor Crater, in partnership with B612 Foundation, will host a public event featuring distinguished speakers, telescope viewing, and family fun activities FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., ...

Former NASA astronaut and current US Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is spearheading a campaign to designate June 30 as Asteroid Day. The "holiday," which is already acknowledged in other parts of the world ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days — the ...

Asteroid Day was launched in 2015 and officially recognized by the United Nations in 2016. It serves to educate the public about the risks and opportunities presented by asteroids through ...

The space around us is hardly empty – there’s millions of asteroids orbiting the Sun along with the Earth and other planets in our solar system. But one day every year we come together to acknowledge ...

A large asteroid is expected to pass by Earth on the first full day of spring, March 21. At 1,300 to 2,230 feet wide, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says 2001 FO32 is the largest asteroid predicted ...