On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Chang'e 2 launched in 2010 and was originally a lunar orbiter that China ...

This weekend, dozens of meteors, including some especially brilliant ones called fireballs, are expected to streak across the ...

The annual Geminid meteor shower should peak on Saturday night and continue onto early morning on Sunday while remaining ...

The Geminid meteor shower is considered one of the best of the year and will hit its peak activity soon. What to know.

LifeTracer is not a universal life detector. Rather, it provides a foundation for interpreting complex organic mixtures. The Bennu findings remind us that life-friendly chemistry may be widespread ...

The Geminids peak when the moon is 30 percent full, according to the International Meteor Organization. To get a hint at when ...

Catch the brightest meteor shower of 2025 as the Geminids peak this weekend over California, from San Diego to Yreka. Where ...

A waning crescent moon should make for a fairly dark sky, allowing viewers to see up to 150 shooting stars per hour ...

The Geminid meteor showers, considered one of the best of the year, is about to peak in 2025. Here are the best locations in Mississippi to view them.

Regular, alternating layers in Gale Crater may have been deposited as the result of tides raised by a moon at least 18 times ...

The Geminid meteor showers, considered one of the best of the year, is about to peak in 2025. Here are the best locations in ...

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...