The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

SpaceX rocket is set to blast off from Vandenberg, sending Starlink satellites into space. Depending on weather, people in ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

A midday flash of light across the Southeast was likely a meteor, with debris potentially damaging a home in McDonough, ...

Celestis, which recently conducted a mission from California, will send cremated remains or human DNA to outer space for ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically ...

As Asteroid Day marks its 10th anniversary, U.S. Senators Kelly and Cornyn introduce a resolution to establish National ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

The final snap was of Saturn itself, even capturing where the spacecraft would ultimately plunge to its final destination. Explaining that impressive final photo, NASA said: "This monochrome view is ...