YZ9 is set to approach Earth on 6 January. The asteroid is about 100 feet wide, similar to a large aircraft. It will travel at 19,091 miles per hour. At its closest, ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was impacted by NASA DART mission. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jian-Yang Li ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

The universe has given us abundant holiday light shows: natural fireworks for the winter solstice, northern lights to ring in ...

The new year kicks off with the peak of the Quadrantids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year, according to NASA.

Using AI training, researchers designed a "robot dog" that moves like a cat, and has no trouble navigating low-gravity ...

This 1825 etching provided by the Library of Congress shows an astronomical chart depicting Bootes the Ploughman holding a ...

The first meteor shower of the year, the Quadrantids, peaks tonight, Jan. 2, and on Jan. 3 according to NASA. NASA called Quadrantids, which peak in early January annually, "one of the best annual ...

They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's ...

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower will have a two-night peak in early January and remain active until Jan. 16, 2025. Here's when ...