NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

A shrinking (human) population could be cause for concern. It means fewer working-age people to support the old. Fiscal ...

You can tune in to see live views of the Geminid meteor shower as it peaks overnight on Dec. 13-14, thanks to a free ...

David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona spends nights scanning the solar system for potentially catastrophic space ...

The livestream will now begin Friday at 11 p.m. EST, Dec. 19 (0400 GMT on Dec. 20), weather permitting, after rain prevented ...

The Geminids peak when the moon is 30 percent full, according to the International Meteor Organization. To get a hint at when ...

A waning crescent moon should make for a fairly dark sky, allowing viewers to see up to 150 shooting stars per hour ...

Known as one of the brightest and most reliable celestial events of the year, the Geminids meteor shower will peak on Dec. 13 ...

The Geminid and Quadrantid meteor showers are among the most anticipated celestial events for skywatchers and astronomers as ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance of seeing this shower. The moon ...