On October 31, 2015, an asteroid shaped like a human skull flew by Earth. It arrived with excellent timing on Halloween, ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

Have you heard about Asteroid Apophis? It's like the rockstar of space—cool name, big impact! This bad boy has been causing a ...

This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, ...

The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

The Orionid meteor shower peaked on the nights of Oct. 21-23, delighting lucky stargazers with a gorgeous natural fireworks ...

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

The S2 mega meteorite unleashed an ancient apocalypse on Earth unlike anything we could imagine, but did it also help life ...

These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the solar system ...

The Orionid meteor shower is active each year from about Oct. 2 to Nov. 7, according to the American Meteor Society. This ...

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...