The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.

Though astronomers have known about the threat posed by near-Earth objects since the 1970s, efforts to catalogue potentially ...

IDAHO, USA — The U.S. National Weather Service in Pocatello confirmed Sunday that a bright meteor streaking across Idaho's night sky was captured on dashcam video.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking. Experts say you can expect to see 10 to 15 meteors per hour in ideal viewing ...

"If there were only one object, that would be interesting but an outlier. If there's two, we're pretty confident that's a ...

Icy comets can supply water and oxygen to tidally locked e Feb 2025 research shows asteroid impacts could cool Earth and deplete ozo Studies provide insights into planetary habitability and potential ...

Vesta might be a shattered remnant of an early planet, not a failed one—forcing scientists to rethink how worlds begin.

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth today, May 2, 2025, with an alarming speed of 42,300 ...

NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's ...

Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...