In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun.

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern ...

Rocks from outer space are constantly hurtling toward Earth, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs ...

America pushed a generation toward college—now it’s short hundreds of thousands of skilled workers, and “Dirty Jobs” host ...

Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born ...

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...

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A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashes through the roof of a house in Georgia, revealing clues about the origin of the Solar System.

Two planets crashed into one another in a violent, chaotic collision that astronomers recently witnessed 11,000 light-years away from Earth.

A massive crater on asteroid Psyche may hold the key to whether it’s a lost planet’s core or something more complex. New simulations suggest NASA’s upcoming mission could finally solve the mystery.

A cargo resupply spacecraft is on its way back to Earth from the International Space Station, where it will make a fiery reentry Saturday, March 14.

Astronomers may have found an exciting new clue about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. They discovered an extraordinarily bright supernova from more than ...