Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

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To close this gap, NASA is building the Near-Earth Object Surveyor, a space telescope designed to detect asteroids using infrared rather than visible light. Its infrared sensors will detect both ...

The shower is expected to peak on the nights of November 16 and 17, with the best viewing times between midnight and dawn. Viewers can expect to see about three to 15 fast, bright meteors per hour, ...

An autumn meteor shower yearly responsible for “Halloween fireballs” may pose a small impact threat to Earth. But scientists have the sky under surveillance. Here’s what to know. What is the Taurid ...

Every fall, Earth passes through the stream of debris shed by Comet Encke, showering our planet with beautiful fireballs that streak across the night shy. And every few years or so, these Halloween ...

In the beginning, Earth was a violent place with no atmosphere to soften the blow. About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

Dinosaurs appear to have been thriving before a giant asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, paleontologists working in New Mexico said Thursday in the journal Science. Experts have long debated ...

The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the details of their end have remained a matter of debate since the impact crater ...

The Orionid meteor shower is active from early October to early November, with peak activity expected on October 20-21, 2025. The meteors are known for being fast and bright, sometimes leaving glowing ...