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 ...

stargazers can find many more meteor showers to enjoy in the fall – with the caveat that most won’t match the grandeur of the Perseids, and cloud cover is prone to playing spoiler (as always).

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

New research has the answer. By studying the composition of meteorites that have landed over the years and the asteroids ...

Strange 'Stonehenge' discovered in US lake that's 5,000 years older than the British landmark NFL imposes severe restrictions ...

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

On Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct. 8 and 9), the night skies may be peppered with "shooting stars" during the annual Draconid meteor shower. Although it's not expected to be one of the year's best ...

We've also witnessed the beauty of full moons, supermoons and meteor showers. As we approach the final months of 2024, there are still some notable astronomical phenomena to look forward to.

“For a one-nanometer fall, we can ignore Earth’s gravity for 20 millionths of a second as Z produces a burst of X-rays that sweeps over the mock-asteroid surface 12.5 millimeters ...

The team found that 70 percent of all the meteors that fall to Earth come from three families of asteroids, known as Karin, Koronis, and Massalia. These smaller meteorite families were likely created ...

Fortunately, the Dimorphos asteroid was no threat to Earth ... radius comparable to an advanced nuclear weapon, then it would fall, basically into the category of a weapon of mass destruction ...