A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

About exactly four years from now, the asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth on April 13, 2029. This space rock, measuring ...

NASA has issued a warning about asteroid 2023 KU, a 370-foot-wide space rock traveling at over 64,000 km/h. Expected to ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

Keep an eye on the skies, the Lyrid meteor showers will begin this week in the skies above Ohio, if the weather cooperates. What to know.

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five other space rocks passing by our planet over the next two days. The asteroid ...

Scientists reckon there are 130 million pieces of space junk in the sky, all hurtling through space at 25 times the speed of sound. They could put our whole space programme at risk.