Your first major opportunity to spot shooting stars and bright fireballs in 2026 arrives overnight tonight with the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, though only the brightest members may be visible, as the annual event crescendos in the bright light of a full moon.

A recently discovered asteroid, about the size of a small building, could strike the Moon on December 22, 2032. While the probability remains low, scientists say the potential fallout could be visible from Earth,

Learn about the Quadrantid meteor shower, its peak time, origin and how to watch one of the first major sky events of the year in early January.

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The ETA Aquarids, one of the most anticipated meteor showers known for sending fiery balls of space debris flying across the sky, is set to peak this week. The Aquarids (also sometimes spelled Aquardiis) meteors are created by debris left behind by the ...

If you’re eye was on the sky early Wednesday morning in St. Louis, chances are you caught a meteor flying across.

An extraordinary celestial event could unfold in the night sky in less than a decade if an asteroid passing Earth collides with the Moon. The impact of asteroid 2024 YR4 into the lunar surface would likely send debris flying out towards us, resulting in a ...

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China is excavating a 10,000-meter-deep well in the expanse of the Taklamakan Desert to serve as a research laboratory for seismology, geological evolution, and the ancient climate.