On Friday, 3I/ATLAS will be closer to Earth than ever before and afterward – yet the distance will still be 270 million ...

Little Foot is a near-complete Australopithecus skeleton — the most complete ever discovered — from South Africa. Researchers ...

With 3I/ATLAS just days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies around the globe are conducting the largest ...

Principal researcher James Bauer says observations from the International Asteroid Warning Network will help experts better understand how to send spacecraft to comets in the future ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space exploration.

Skywatchers and astronomers alike can view the annual Geminids meteor shower's peak activity wherever the skies are clear on ...

A bus-size asteroid is on course to skim past our planet, a reminder that Earth moves through a shooting gallery of rocks and ...

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

Each December, the Geminids meteor shower paints the sky with spectacular streaks of light. The source of this stunning ...