An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for ...

They've been named for ancient Greek deities, for countries and towns and wives and girlfriends, and even for musicians, including Bach and Tchaikovsky as well as John, Paul, George and Ringo. “They” ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Science enthusiasts are closely watching asteroid 2024 YR4, the most hazardous asteroid ever detected. Westmont College physics professor emeritus Ken Kihlstrom said the ...

Earth is getting a second moon, a mini-moon asteroid called 2024 PT5, on September 29. This asteroid from the Arjuna asteroid belt will follow a horseshoe path around Earth for 57 days.

The official names of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson’s surface features — as identified by the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy Mission — have been approved by the International Astronomical Union ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University faculty member has made a celestial discovery in Starkville: the first ...

ROME — Pope Gregory XIII, the 16th century pontiff responsible for what is today known as the Gregorian calendar, now has another, celestial claim to fame. A working group of the International ...

A faculty member from Mississippi State University has discovered a new asteroid, a first for the Magnolia State.

Students around the world have the opportunity to suggest names for an asteroid that will be visited by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft later this decade. Scheduled for launch in 2016, the OSIRIS-REx ...