See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...

Space is bustling with rocks and dust, and occasionally, larger asteroids capture public attention. One such asteroid, 2023 ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

The Quadrantid meteor shower is active from Dec. 26 to Jan. 16, 2026, and will peak Jan. 3-4, 2026, though viewing will be ...

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

Under ideal conditions, about 25 Quadrantid meteors would be visible per hour, according to NASA. While the meteors are known to lack persistent tails, they often produce bright fireballs, which are ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.

On the other hand ESA's first planetary defence spacecraft ever will reach NEA Didymos by December 28 ...

Your first major opportunity to spot shooting stars and bright fireballs in 2026 arrives overnight tonight with the peak of ...