New data from the James Webb telescope suggests that Bennu and Ryugu — two asteroids recently visited by sample-return ...

Chemical profiling traces the source of water in one of the brightest known comets to keep returning to the Solar System.

One of the most famous video games of all time has had a movie adaptation stuck in development hell for several years, but it ...

The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the ...

Love watching the night sky? A new list shows how easy it is for Mississippi to see Perseid, summer meteor showers. What to ...

The work indicates that the picture of extraterrestrial water being delivered to Earth is complex. Maybe not all comets, but ...

Tucson planetary scientist Faith Vilas is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Gerard P. Kuiper Prize from the American ...

The Perseid meteor shower, known for bright meteors, will see reduced visibility this year, with only 10 to 20 meteors per ...

A meteorite, which streaked through the sky as a brilliant fireball before landing squarely on a Henry County resident's ...

In 1954, Ann Hodges, was struck by a meteorite while taking a nap in her Alabama home. Overnight, Hodges became a celebrity ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, an asteroid caught by Earth's gravity might have fragmented, creating a temporary ring ...