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 ...

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 ...

Asteroid Day is thus intended to raise awareness over the threat from Earth-crossing asteroids. They read a declaration about the danger our planet faces from impacts by small solar system bodies, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When he hasn’t been voicing concerns over U.S. airstrikes on Iran, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has been focused on different kind of global threat – one coming from outer space. On Wednesday, Kelly will ...

An asteroid was pegged to hit Earth “imminently,” according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Fortunately, this one wasn’t big enough to land a team of deep-core drillers on, and ...

A small asteroid, designated as C0WEPC5, lit up the Siberian night sky early on December 4, 2024, as it entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up harmlessly. The European Space Agency (ESA) reported ...