An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

Stargazers hoping to see the Orionid meteor shower light up the sky next week may be disappointed this year, due to the interference of another astronomical body. The Orionids are due to peak on ...

The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...

Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today ...

A six-mile-long asteroid, which struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of all life on ...

Who says stargazing is just for the summer? Coming off the high of the Perseid meteor shower in August, stargazers can find many more meteor showers to enjoy in the fall – with the caveat that most ...

The Draconid meteor shower is an annual event in which meteors — aka “shooting stars” — appear in the sky of the Northern ...

Another eight per cent of the Earth meteorites can be traced to the Flora and Nysa asteroid families in the main asteroid belt, the research found. And about six per cent of the meteorites can be ...

Brits will be able to see a series of shooting stars lighting up the night sky as Earth passes through a trail of comet ...

The solid-state batteries hype is fading – prompting auto giants to consider alternatives NOAA releases 2024-25 winter ...

The Draconid meteor shower will peak on Tuesday evening, providing stargazers across the UK with a chance to see it. | ITV ...