The Geminids meteor shower is December’s biggest celestial event, delivering bright, reliable meteors that light up the sky like cosmic sparkles each year The shower peaks the night of Dec. 13 and 14, ...

A chunk of rock roughly the size of a city bus is about to skim past our planet, close enough for NASA’s instruments to track every move but far enough that it poses no threat. The flyby is a reminder ...

NASA is weighing in on the New Year’s Day boom heard across the Pittsburgh region. Researchers confirmed an exploding meteor was the “likely culprit” and estimated the size of the object at about ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...

WASHINGTON — One of the best and brightest celestial displays of the year is about to peak this weekend. The Geminids, an annual meteor shower that takes the spotlight around mid-December, is set to ...

A 140-foot asteroid is set to sweep past Earth today, and it seems everyone is taking notice. Astronomers have been tracking the space rock, officiall.

Early Tuesday morning may be the best chance to wish upon a shooting star ahead of the holidays. According to NASA, the Geminid meteor shower will peak late Monday night into early Tuesday morning.

NASA said this week it is tracking an asteroid that could impact Earth in 2046. Astronomers recently discovered 2023 DW, which flew by Earth in late February. The 50-meter-wide asteroid has a 1 in 607 ...

Asteroid 2026 CU1 will sweep past Earth this week at high speed, close enough to attract attention yet deemed safe, raising ...