An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our ...

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Stargazers could be treated to a dazzling display at the end of May thanks to the remains of a shattered comet. The possible meteor shower, called the tau Heruclid, is forecast to peak on the night of ...

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the year's most popular celestial events, is approaching its peak. But when is the best time to watch the event? The Perseids are popular because they tend to produce ...

Planetary scientists have published a detailed follow-up on the debris from their historic 2022 asteroid impact experiment in outer space. What they found challenges their understanding of the ...

CHICAGO -- A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity's first test of planetary defense. The impact occurred at 7:15 p.m. ET greeted by cheers from the mission team in ...

The Geminid meteor shower lights up the night sky each December, and it will be at its most visible Tuesday overnight into Wednesday morning, according to NASA. The Geminid meteors become active when ...