The largest asteroid since 2004 will pass close by the Earth (in astronomical standards) Wednesday night. The asteroid will fly by just over 1 million miles from the earth. Many asteroids are much ...

Meteoroid impacts represent one of the most dynamic interactions between extraterrestrial bodies and the Earth’s atmosphere. When meteoroids enter the atmosphere, they experience rapid deceleration ...

The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite? NASA says this: A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such ...

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Their observations confirm water lurks in the moon's subsoil, not just at poles. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Soil samples collected by astronauts on the Apollo missions ...

Researchers from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, report that streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the thin lunar atmosphere with a short ...

On the evening of 1 October, shortly after 8 p.m. local time, Skytinel monistoring systems detected a bright fireball ...

Metro Phoenix residents reportedly saw a green flash of light in the night sky on Tuesday, according to social media posts. The American Meteor Society noted on its website that it received 80 reports ...