The best time to see the June Bootids in the U.S. is in the hours following sunset on the night of June 27, when the radiant ...

Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the ...

Officials across the Southeast are investigating reports of a "fireball" seen in the sky, with over 100 sightings reported to ...

The near miss by the large Apophis asteroid in April 2029 offers NASA a golden—and exceedingly rare—opportunity to observe ...

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, ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

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, ...

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.