The Geminids are considered one of the most productive annual meteor showers, with as many as 160 “shooting stars” visible an ...

The Geminids peak annually in mid-December and are always one of the most brilliant meteor showers of the year. December’s ...

In a tweet Sunday, NASA said an asteroid expected to pass by close to Earth on Nov. 2 , a day before the upcoming presidential election, "poses no threat" to the planet. According to NASA Asteroid ...

NASA has alerted the public to two upcoming asteroid approaches near Earth, reassuring that both are completely safe. These ...

The light shows keep coming in 2026. Here's a calendar of full moons, supermoons, eclipses and meteor showers over California.

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

WASHINGTON — The Orionid meteor shower will put on a cosmic show in the night sky this week, giving stargazers a chance to see up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids will peak on Tuesday, Oct. 21, ...

Scientists led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found sugars essential for biology on Earth in the Bennu ...

CHICAGO -- A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a "small chance" of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine's Day in 2046, ...