Why do we have a special day to celebrate space rocks? On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion over Tunguska in Siberia ...

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

Space enthusiasts are tracking Asteroid 2025 MM. It is airplane-sized. It will safely pass by Earth this week. The asteroid ...

The assistant did not initially add Pluto, the far-flung dwarf planet companion at the edge of the solar system — or the ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

From a bar in the clouds to finding more water from the Moon, outer space is constantly surprising us. A vast universe Think ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...