To best see the Lyrid meteor shower, Griffith Observatory's director suggests heading to the mountains or desert to get away ...

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Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...

An international team of researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions—and it could change our ...

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

Lucy’s next stop — “the main event,” as Levison calls it — will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

The Lyrids are expected to peak April 21 and April 22, according to NASA. On those nights, the moon will be at 40% brightness ...

Only 30%-50% of the remaining objects survive the atmospheric passage and become meteorites. The debris pieces whose orbits bring them closer to the Sun tend to be significantly more durable, making ...

It’s known for its bright and fast-moving shooting stars resulting from Halley’s comet, the most famous comet of all, which ...

One of the first major meteor showers of the year will coincide with Earth Day this year, offering a heavenly experience for ...

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...