Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

Sky watchers may be tempted out this weekend, when an underappreciated meteor shower will coincide with a new moon and the ...

Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. Though the two events are totally unrelated, ...

The Ursids will peak around the time of the winter solstice under dark skies with chances of enhanced meteor activity.

It's one of the best annual meteor shows on Earth: the Geminids Meteor Shower. Observed since the late 19th century, the ...

But if you look up at the sky between the late evening hours of Sunday night and early Monday morning, you may be privy to a ...

The year 2026 will feature 13 full moons, including a "blue moon" in May. Four eclipses are expected in 2026, including two total lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses. Multiple meteor showers will ...

Dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission reveals rare, water-rich CI chondrite meteorite fragments—found on the Moon for ...

The Moon’s surface sometimes flickers with sudden flashes of light, brief glows and color changes that have puzzled ...

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 ...

The Geminids tend to be the strongest meteor shower of the year. It is also the one major shower that provides good activity ...