BlueBird 6 features the biggest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in orbit around Earth, spanning some ...

The night lit up with blue and green flames on Feb. 10 as a fireball meteor streaked across the skies in Ohio. See the videos from social media.

Some were fortunate enough to catch the meteor in action, describing it as a "brilliant flash of light" that transformed the night into day for a brief moment. Others, however, expressed their ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a 15‑story building has a small but serious chance of slamming into the Moon in 2032, ...

Unusual isotopic ratio in samples brought back by Chang'e-6 reveals clues about the early history of Earth's satellite ...

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove ...

In 1883, a comet capable of ending life on Earth narrowly missed impact. Only one man on the planet noticed, a Mexican scientist.

Hidden in a shipping container bound for the UK, the massive iron mass turned out to be far more than ornamental.

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

Blasting meteorite samples with CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, the team found that the material "became stronger". That ...

New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's ...