Late in 2024, astronomers spotted near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, and by mid-2025 tracking suggested about a 4% chance it could ...

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

The Meteor Missile was developed to address one particular shortcoming in its main competitor, the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.

In conclusion, Wellington’s Bright Light Trail exemplifies nature’s fleeting wonders, blending awe with science. While likely a harmless meteor, it underscores the need for expanded sky-monitoring ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

A bus-size asteroid is racing through space on a trajectory that will bring it close to Earth, and NASA is watching it with ...

Car nuts could be strangers from opposite sides of the globe, but give them a shiny vehicle to ogle, and they bond like rubber and road. It might not even matter what kind of car it is, as long as it ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

NASA outlines a full 2026 astronomy calendar featuring eclipses, planetary alignments, meteor showers, supermoons, and seasonal milestones visible from different parts of Earth.

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s hurtling towards Earth at more than 38,500 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Estimated to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The year's first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night into Saturday ...

A shimmering meteor was spotted cutting across the sky over the famed Gateway Arch in Missouri hours before revelers rushed to a New Year’s Eve celebration at the monument’s base. “HEY LOOK, it’s… A ...