Aarti Holla-Maini of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is primed to spot a potential planetary strike – and a year ago, she thought the moment had come ...

Could we deflect an asteroid to stop it from hitting our planet?

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks in the early hours of April 22, offering up a possible feast of impressive shooting stars and ...

A meteor cluster reveals an asteroid disintegrating near the Sun. These observations help uncover hidden asteroids and ...

A pair of lucky photographers snapped a stunning time-lapse shot of a fireball meteor streaking in front of Comet C/2025 R3 ...

Tom Ignudo is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Before he joined CBS Philadelphia in 2021, Tom covered high school and college sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He covers breaking ...

Scientists in China have discovered and identified the 11th new lunar mineral, according to ...

The meteorite was spotted all across northern Europe at about 00:24 BST on Monday.

A meteor was spotted in the sky Tuesday afternoon over parts of Pennsylvania and several other eastern states, including New Jersey and New York, according to social media posts and eyewitness reports ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It's one of those things that's hard to forget, especially if you were there. Just a little less than a month ago, pieces of a meteorite landed across parts of southeast Texas ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A fireball seen streaking across the sky Tuesday afternoon sparked hundreds of reports across the tri-state area. According to NASA, the meteor first became visible around 2:34 ...

Exciting planetary action takes place this month. Venus and Uranus vie for attention and lie close to each other in late April. Jupiter offers a lot to observe through a telescope, particularly events ...