Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth ...

Most meteor showers have a two-day peak ... body that exhibits characteristics of both an asteroid and a comet. The “small” asteroid, with a diameter measuring only about two miles, was ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.

MANILA: A small, bright meteor lit up skies over the northern Philippines early Thursday (Sept 5) as it burned up entering the Earth’s atmosphere, the European Space Agency and witnesses said.

"The particles that cause the Geminid shower are usually very, very small — typically the size of a grain of sand, and occasionally up to the size of a pea," Shaw said. Meteor showers occur when ...

Although it’s the early-rising stargazer that gets rewarded this week there’s also a small meteor shower that makes it worth doing some late-night stargazing, though you’ll likely have to ...

Meteor storms are defined as having at least ... 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is a small comet with a nucleus measuring just 2.24 miles (3.6 km) across. It was discovered independently by both Ernst Tempel ...

2025 stretches ahead of us with plenty of opportunities, including a full schedule of meteor showers. They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The Geminid meteor shower—the best of the year—is about to peak and if you're lucky you could see up to 150 “shooting ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best shooting star displays of the year. The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year. The shower is active from mid ...