With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Donaldjohanson, collecting data and images of the second of its 11 ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space ...

Lucy’s next stop — “the main event,” as Levison calls it — will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit around the sun. Swarms of Trojans precede and follow the solar system’s largest ...

The Lyrids are one of the world’s oldest known meteor showers, with the first observations recorded about 2,700 years ago. They are named after the constellation Lyra, also known as the lyre or harp.

Many researchers believe these ancient rocks played a crucial role in delivering water to early Earth. Before hitting the Earth, rocks traveling through space are generally referred to as asteroids, ...

To celebrate this groundbreaking achievement, April 12 each year is recognised as the International Day of Human Space Flight ...

It proved that asteroids can be redirected if needed in the future. NASA is building a new telescope called NEO Surveyor, launching in 2027. It will be the first space mission designed to spot ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...