It has been a busy start to 2025 for astronomy lovers with plenty of planets spread across the sky, the moon passing between Mars and Earth in an eclipse-like event, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

Hey, guess what? Two asteroids, each about as big as a school bus, are zooming past Earth this Tuesday. They’re going super fast—over 25,000 miles per hour.

NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission, launching in 2027, uses advanced infrared tech to detect asteroids and comets, ensuring ...

NASA is tracking the path of a huge asteroid that will come hurtling past Earth at a staggering speed of 35,000mph later ...

A bus-sized asteroid is set to hurtle past Earth today at a staggering speed of 35,000mph - ten times faster than a speeding bullet. The space rock, known as Asteroid 2025 BS4, will pass within ...

Avi Loeb shares the story of how a Tesla Roadster had some astronomers convinced for a time that they had discovered a new ...

A small asteroid, referred to as Earth's temporary "mini-moon," could actually be a piece of the Moon that broke away ...

Image of Shackleton Crater, a permanently shadowed region near the lunar south pole, shows slevation (left) and shaded relief ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

Today marks 39 years since the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, honoring the brave pioneers who lost their lives in space.

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...