The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

Amateur sky watchers believe a meteorite fell to earth in northeast Michigan Sunday morning, Nov. 23, and many people have posted video online of the space debris streaking overhead.

Explore Earth's cutting-edge defenses against asteroid impacts in this comprehensive overview. Learn how NASA and ESA are ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

The Leonid meteor shower, which is active from Nov. 6 to Nov. 30, is to peak from the night of Nov. 16 to Nov. 17, according ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a remarkably intact impact structure that is now known as the Jinlin crater.

Get ready, Mississippi skygazers! A major meteor shower will hit its peak soon in November 2025. Here's when and where to see ...

We’ll be discussing why meteors burn when entering the Earth’s atmosphere in this edition of Weather Tidbits. When meteors ...

Some of the fastest meteors will streak across the sky on the night of Nov. 17, as the Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak. Here's how to catch the show in Tennessee.