YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...

The body of Pope Francis is being displayed inside Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, allowing faithful to pay their ...

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a deformed peanut.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of discovery." ...

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking science.

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

“As we study the complex structures in detail, they will reveal important information about the building blocks and ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.

NASA’s space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from ...

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This Sunday, Lucy was expected to fly past her second target ...