Bursts of light captured crashing into the moon last week were caused by dual asteroid strikes against the lunar surface that ...

The Moon is notoriously difficult to photograph. Sometimes you want to snap a picture of it with your smartphone, and the ...

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are ...

Last week, a handful of watching telescopes captured something crashing into the moon. Then over the weekend, a second object ...

The Northern and Southern Taurid Meteor Showers will peak on November 5th and 9th, with up to 10 meteors per hour visible in ...

An autumn meteor shower yearly responsible for “Halloween fireballs” may pose a small impact threat to Earth. What is the ...

These meteors and asteroids hit Earth. In 2016, a huge fireball lit up the Florida night sky and shocked everyone who saw it. In 2015, a driver in Thailand captured an impressive meteor on a dashboard ...

Colorado was rated the second-best state for meteor and asteroid viewing, according to a new study. High elevation, dark skies and numerous observatories contributed to Colorado's high ranking. The ...

On October 30 and November 1, Daichi Fujii, an astronomy curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, used his telescope to capture pinprick-sized flashes on the shaded side of the moon. Were the ...

The Taurid meteor shower is composed of two streams known as the Southern Taurids and the Northern Taurids. We explore this ...

Not to freak anyone out, but objects from space are crashing into the Earth's atmosphere all the time. They just don’t always happen with the perfect timing of the June 26 meteor that blasted across ...

California leads nation in meteor sightings with a 6.68% probability rate. State features 7 Bortle 1 and 32 Bortle 2 dark sky sites for optimal viewing. High elevation and 45 observatories boost ...