The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully moved asteroid moonlet Dimorphos "by a whopping 33 minutes," according to NASA. See the highlights here. Credit: NASA ...

The massive asteroid Alinda has made its closest approach to Earth in decades and is set to reach peak brightness in a rare ...

This Sunday, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is ...

Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, ...

Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...

Don’t space out or you’ll miss it. A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the ...

Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic events just around the bend in 2025. Several companies will attempt moon ...

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...

A large asteroid is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 100 years. Over the coming days, it's so close you should be able to observe it yourself with only the aid of binoculars.

Dec. 11, 2024 — Investigators who previously found that a daily statin pill helps prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with HIV have now discovered a potential mechanism that may help to ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

The new year kicks off with the peak of the Quadrantids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year, according to NASA.