An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

Stargazers could be treated to a dazzling display at the end of May thanks to the remains of a shattered comet. The possible meteor shower, called the tau Heruclid, is forecast to peak on the night of ...

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the year's most popular celestial events, is approaching its peak. But when is the best time to watch the event? The Perseids are popular because they tend to produce ...

The Geminid meteor shower lights up the night sky each December, and it will be at its most visible Tuesday overnight into Wednesday morning, according to NASA. The Geminid meteors become active when ...

See live views of the asteroid via the Virtual Telescope Project. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You can watch a big asteroid ...

In a new paper, an international team of researchers revisited the idea of blowing up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear ...