According to calculations by Brad Schaefer, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at Louisiana State University, along with data ...

Chang’e-6 delivers first lunar far side samples to Earth after 53-day mission The Chang'e-6 return capsule reentered Earth’s ...

UL21 is larger than 99% of near-Earth asteroids, and 2024 MK will be one of the brightest objects of its kind seen in recent ...

Lots of mysteries in this sci-fi horror franchise.

The fly-by is perfectly timed to coincide with International Asteroid Day on June 30. The day, also supported by the United ...

Within 42 hours of each other, the pair of large asteroids, which both have no chance of impacting our planet, will approach ...

Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth Saturday morning, passing by at about three-quarters ...

This review is based on a screening at the 2024 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

In mid-May, a once-in-a-generation display outbreak of the aurora borealis and australis, or northern and southern lights, ...

An afterschool club in partnership with the Smithsonian and the World Wildlife Fund aims to build environmental leadership ...

June 30 marks Asteroid Day, a holiday observed annually to reflect on the prospect of a planet-destroying space rock striking ...

While one of these two asteroids has been observed for over 13 years, the other was only discovered a couple of weeks before ...