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The BriefOfficials across the Southeast are investigating reports of a "fireball" seen in the sky, with over 100 sightings ...
Mercer University physics and astronomy professor Matthew Marone says the sighting is not uncommon, and it's likely connected to the annual Bootid meteor shower.
A midday flash of light across the Southeast was likely a meteor, with debris potentially damaging a home in McDonough, ...
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, ...
When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In late 2024, astronomers spotted a new asteroid named 2024 YR4.
June 30 marks a night when Earth drifts through the dusty trail of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke, triggering one of the summer’s ...
NASA has alerted the public about asteroid 2003 AY2, a colossal 1,200-foot-wide rock expected to approach Earth on June 22, ...
This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...
The next waypoint on Psyche's voyage will be a flyby of Mars in May 2026. Officials expect Psyche to keep that date, which is ...
Only one of the known Venus co-orbital asteroids follows a nearly circular orbit; the others move on more elongated paths ...
A massive asteroid could crash into the Moon in 2032, potentially sending fragments into space that may reach Earth, ...