Hey, guess what? Two asteroids, each about as big as a school bus, are zooming past Earth this Tuesday. They’re going super fast—over 25,000 miles per hour.

Avi Loeb shares the story of how a Tesla Roadster had some astronomers convinced for a time that they had discovered a new ...

A small object, 2015 DJ155, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to pass by Earth on January 31, traveling ...

The researchers included the father-son team of Mark Thiemens, UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars’ intense heat. Both are ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

Heads up, everybody. A couple of asteroids approximately the size of a school bus are set to make close approach with Earth ...

G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...

Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

Slated for a 2027 launch, NASA's NEO Surveyor mission is advancing through critical testing phases to enhance our planetary ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...