NASA's venerable asteroid-hunting spacecraft is no more. The NEOWISE spacecraft from NASA, which surveyed 3,000 near-Earth ...

A skyscraper-sized asteroid is set to narrowly miss Earth next week, Nasa has warned. The space rock, dubbed 2024 ON, has been classified as "potentially hazardous" - and is set to hurtle past our ...

Comet Encke and the Taurid meteor shower are thought to be the remnants of a far larger comet that broke apart over the last 20,000 to 30,000 years, according to RMG. NASA. 2P/Encke. NASA.

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more Rocky debris blasted away from ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid stretching 6 miles (10 kilometers) across struck Earth, ending the reign of the dinosaurs. Today, the probability of an asteroid that size wiping ...

"In less than 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors," said Bill Cooke, who leads NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office in Alabama, in a statement.

The annual meteor shower normally lasts from about Oct. 16 to 26 with some appearing as early as the start of October. NASA bills the celestial event as “one of the most beautiful showers of the ...

A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 10:52 local time (15:52BST ...

What is the best time to see the Perseids? The year’s biggest and best meteor shower is almost upon us, and NASA has begun answering questions about how to see as many “shooting stars” as ...

NASA warns. Though the Orionids are active from Sept. 26 to Nov. 22, the meteors are set to peak in activity Sunday and Monday, according to the American Meteor Society. Spectators have to ...

The annual Orionid meteor shower, which originates from Halley's Comet, is expected light up the night sky starting this weekend. Considered by NASA as "one of the most beautiful showers of the ...