Since its inception in 2010, the Nishan Forum, named after Confucius' birthplace, Nishan Hill, has evolved into a globally ...

Life on Earth may have begun with a gift from a comet. Its existence was once threatened by an asteroid. Its future may ...

DECATUR — Macon County Conservation District will host a viewing of the Geminid Meteor Shower  from 9 to 11 p.m. Saturday, ...

Early this year, a surprise space rock made headlines around the globe when the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn must have been particularly impressed by the November crop of new asteroids to have put the 18 space rocks that passed Earth within the orbit of the Moon into a wonderful ...

NASA has identified an asteroid roughly comparable in size to the Empire State Building, traveling through space at about ...

Amateur sky watchers believe a meteorite fell to earth in northeast Michigan Sunday morning, Nov. 23, and many people have posted video online of the space debris streaking overhead. Michigan Storm ...

A woman in Okulovka, Russia, discovered a meteorite lodged in her roof after a bright green fireball was seen across several regions on October 27. Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences ...

Just days removed from seeing the northern lights in Iowa skies, Iowans could be treated to another galactic display. The Leonids became active at the beginning of November and could give stargazers a ...

Bright fireballs may be streaking across the night sky in the coming days as the annual Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak at an almost perfect time when the moonlight will be very low. The Leonid ...

Probably the most famous of the annual meteor showers will soon be reaching its maximum: The Leonids. These ultrafast meteors are expected to be at their best for North American on Tuesday morning ...

Heather Handley works for Museums Victoria Research Institute. She is affiliated with Monash University. Dermot Henry receives funding from Australian Research Council. Oskar Lindenmayer is affiliated ...