The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific showers of the year, producing rich, bright streaks. The Perseids are ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

Supermoons happen a few times a year and come in groups, taking advantage of the sweet spot in the moon’s elliptical orbit.

There will be 13 full moons, several meteor showers and the last lunar eclipse until late 2028 in the sky in 2026. Here's how ...

An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ...