The sun has continued to release X-class solar flares this week, but northern lights chances haven't increased. Here's why.

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.

Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an ...

The 'Snow Moon' is named for the inclement weather that is common in January.

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.

A nearly 60 meter Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid, 2024 YR4 was spotted in 2024 whose path crosses both Earth’s and the Moon ...

The asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs was powerful enough to reshape life on Earth, but some questions remain ...

Nasa's HiRISE camera captures a strikingly young 0.8-km crater in Acidalia Planitia on Mars, revealing sharp details and bluish deposits from a recent meteor impact.

Early last year, there was talk that the newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a really small, but probable chance of ...

A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion. A nova is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in a ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...