Discover how probing the components of the half-asteroid, half-comet hybrids reveals that carbon dioxide was present during ...

NASA confirms no collision risk as asteroids 2024 YC1 and 2024 YQ2 approach Earth on December 28, 2024, at 639,000 miles ...

In Central California, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Yosemite National Park are good bets for seeing celestial ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

As an aerospace engineer, I’m excited for 2025, when space agencies worldwide are gearing up for even more ambitious goals.

See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi U./Rikkyo U./Nagoya U./Chiba Inst. Tech./Meiji U./U. Aizu/AIST ...

Despite their close approach, NASA assures no risk of collision. Both will safely pass within 639,000 miles of the planet. Details of Asteroid 2024 YC1 Asteroid 2024 YC1 measures about 170 feet across ...

Taking off from Mérida’s airport, in Mexico’s southeastern Yucatán state, offers some breathtaking views: the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the unusual geography shaped by an asteroid millions ...

Unlike most meteor showers that originate from comets, the Quadrantids come from an asteroid: 2003 EH1. This small, two-mile-wide asteroid is thought to be a "dead comet" or "rock comet" and takes ...

Athos Salome, aka the 'living Nostradamus', has shared a list of predictions he believes will occur in 2025, as well as the ...

The New Year kicks off with a stunning meteor shower under perfect conditions and plenty of deep-sky objects on offer in the ...

If dark matter is discovered through one of these experiments or another that hasn’t yet been dreamed up, it could ...