A dwarf planet hiding right in the middle of our solar system could be a surprising source of frozen water, astronomers ...

Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.

Did you hear about our little “mini moon”?No, this is not a couple of newlyweds planning a little mini honeymoon. This is an ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

New advanced imagery reveals the existence of a second impact following the event associated with the extinction of the ...

There aren’t as many potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near Earth as previously thought, according to a new study.

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is the brightest comet in 13 years, visible to the naked eye. Since Oct. 11, observers in ...

2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a ...

KCRA 3 viewers have been sending pictures of a flash in the sky to our newsroom which is a recently discovered comet.