World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

One hundred and seventeen years ago, on June 30, 1908, the world changed. For the people of Eastern Russia, near the Tunguska ...

World Asteroid Day is observed every year on June 30 to raise awareness about asteroids and the potential hazards they pose ...

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

Today in the history of astronomy, an asteroid flattens 830 square miles of Siberian forest.

On that fateful day, an asteroid detonated above the remote Siberian wilderness in Russia, unleashing a force equivalent to 185 atomic bombs dropped on Japan's Hiroshima. The blast leveled ...

Meteor Crater and Lowell Observatory invite the public to observe the unique benchmark with a day of educational activities.

On Wednesday, Kelly will introduce a Senate resolution designating June 30 as Asteroid Day, aiming to boost public awareness of space science and planetary defense from near-Earth objects, or NEOs.

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...