I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

For about 4.5 billion years, our planet has circled the sun on a stable, rhythmic path. Each of Earth's orbits takes ...

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...

Auroras: On a brighter note, the geomagnetic storm might produce spectacular auroras, probably visible in the Southern United ...

NASA has announced that a 510-foot asteroid, roughly the size of a building, will make close passes by Earth. Despite its ...

On September 4 2024, astronomers discovered an asteroid, 1 meter in diameter, heading towards Earth. The space rock would ...

The gigantic asteroid 2024 ON, about the size of a blue whale, will fly close to Earth next Tuesday, missing our planet by ...

According to Intuitive Machines, the award is a Near Space Network (NSN) contract for missions in the near-space region, ...

Labelled as 2024 RW1, the asteroid was predicted to burn up in the atmosphere, posing no risk to people on the ground. Several agencies and amateur space observers, including Nasa’s Planetary Defense ...

To reach that surprisingly conclusion, scientists studied the positions of 21 asteroid impact craters during the Ordovician period – the second of six periods in the ...