Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

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

Is there a full moon tonight? Here's what to know about today's special moon phase and when to look up for the next meteor ...

I grew up loving space documentaries, so I was genuinely annoyed when I realized how many “facts” I’d absorbed were just ...

Leonid meteors may appear whenever the constellation Leo is above the horizon. Heads up stargazers! The Leonid meteor shower ...

The Leonid meteor shower is known as one of the best meteor displays of the autumn season because of its vivid shooting stars.

While most meteor shower displays last about a week, the Taurids have perhaps the longest duration of overall visibility. Meteors from this particular stream begin appearing in mid-October and ...

Police suspect that automatic gunfire killed one person and injured two others, including a student, overnight on Halloween near the University of Minnesota campus. Officers reported hearing two ...

November's night skies are going to be bright and busy. There are comets for those willing to put in the work to spot them, shooting stars for those with some patience, and constellations and planets ...

With a rare comet and the year’s most luminous supermoon, November promises superb sky-watching. This is all on top of myriad other interstellar marvels on the horizon, including multiple meteor ...

One of the men charged in a shooting that injured two people and sent attendees at a North Kansas City High School basketball game scrambling for safety last year has pleaded guilty to four felony ...