WASHINGTON — Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter ...

The Perseid meteor shower is expected to reach peak activity on Tuesday evening (Aug. 12) through the early morning hours of ...

Is the Moon concealing the icy core of an ancient asteroid within its interior? Under the Moon’s greatest intact impact ...

The resources tucked away in asteroids promise to provide the building blocks of humanity's expansion into space. However, accessing those resources can prove tricky. There's the engineering challenge ...

Scientists are on high alert as asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 4.3% chance of hitting the moon, could potentially cause significant damage to Earth's satellites and surface.

A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself.

These strange objects could explain how water arrived on Earth, but may also be a previously unrecognised threat to our ...