More than 50 years after the most recent crewed moon landing — Apollo 17 in December 1972 — there are plenty of reasons to ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ...

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

As the dawn of a new space age unfolds, investors have increasingly turned their gaze skyward. The universe is not just a ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

Skygazers will soon be able to see the moon appear larger and brighter than normal for the last time until next year. The ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

This week's special full moon will be the last supermoon to be seen for a year, followed by a bright cosmic meteor shower ...

However, the US lunar program is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready. Meanwhile, ...