China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A ...

Did an asteroid enter Earth? Maoming in China witnessed a bright fireball meteor on Wednesday, followed by a loud boom that ...

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

A dark and clear sky is key to not missing this astronomical event. A meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through a cloud of debris left by a comet or asteroid. These particles, often no larger ...

Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...

Meteor showers are caused by Earth passing through the rubble trailing a comet or asteroid as it swings around the sun. This debris, which can be as small as a grain of sand, leaves behind a ...

However, you're more likely to read and hear about meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, comets, and asteroids online and in the ...

A Perseid meteor streaks behind the dome of Purple Mountain Observatory’s Xuyi Station, the first facility to detect Comet C/2023 A3 ... presumed lost. The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

If you’re looking for something unforgettable to do on warm summer nights, three major meteor showers are set to light up the skies over Ontario in the coming months. From dazzling fireballs to subtle ...