If the weather permits, one of the brightest and most reliable meteor showers of the year is set to light up the night sky, ...

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

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

BEIJING -- An asteroid has been named after Qi Faren, a renowned Chinese space technology expert, according to the China ...

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

The Ursids peak Sunday night into Monday morning and will be visible until Dec. 26 from the Northern Hemisphere. Skygazers ...

You can tune in to see live views of the Geminid meteor shower as it peaks overnight on Dec. 13-14, thanks to a free ...

Up to 150 Geminid meteors may brighten the night sky each hour as the shower hits its peak on Dec. 13-14, according to the ...

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space exploration.

David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona spends nights scanning the solar system for potentially catastrophic space ...

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

The annual Geminid meteor shower is set to peak this weekend, offering stargazers a chance to catch what is often one of the ...