A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

Before the ribbon cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by Westfield High School Astronomy Club members Krystyna Goulette and Kaitlyn Goulette — ...

Most animals, including humans, carry an internal lunar clock, tuned to the 29.5-day rhythm of the Moon. It guides sleep, ...

I/ATLAS, comets, asteroids, quasi-moon and more. In 2025, scientists spotted several strange events and objects in the ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)'s backdrop is dominated by the Eagle Nebula — a vast cosmic structure of dust and hydrogen-rich gas ...

NASA reveals the true, bizarre reason for the 3I/ATLAS comet's 16.16-hour pulse. Scientists link the interstellar object's ...

The next total solar eclipse is not just another date on the astronomy calendar, it is set to deliver the longest stretch of ...

NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

In 1993, Mike Lawson, an aerospace entrepreneur based in Roswell, Georgia, unveiled his vision for a brave new future of advertising: space billboards. This wasn’t a half-baked ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, ...

NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. After 25 years of ...