A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.

As six major meteor showers remain or are set to peak by the end of 2024, here's how those in central Kansas can have the ...

And the fourth and final one of the year is set to rise this week. According to Live Science, the Beaver Moon will be at 100 ...

In April, the astronomer said that he had discovered a large asteroid with a diameter of about 200 meters, potentially dangerous for the Earth ...

Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets. The source of the Leonids is the comet Tempel-Tuttle. When rocks ...

Such comets pose a risk to Earth and can ram into the planet without being detected ... Most of the actual parent comets were ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

From revealing the comet's rubber-ducky shape and unique auroras up close to discovering Earth-like gases streaming from the ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...

If you missed the chance to see fireballs of the Southern Taurids light up the sky last week, don't worry. The second branch ...