Every year around this time, stargazers get ready to enjoy the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. Find out all you need to know ...

• Comet – A mass of ice, rock and dust which often has a tail. The tail is made up of water vapor, dust and various gases which vaporize and grows as it gets closer to the sun. • Asteroid – A body ...

For centuries, space rocks have fascinated us. Space and its elements have always been mysterious. Astronomy is riddled with complex jargon that many of us don’t understand. However, we often keep ...

Witnessing a meteor, or "shooting star," is a dazzling event caused by tiny space rocks burning up in Earth's atmosphere. These celestial fragments, originating from comets or asteroids, offer crucial ...

The Perseid meteor shower above the Kusca fairy chimneys in Turkey, on Aug. 12. (Ercin Erturk/Getty Images) Although the Perseid meteor shower peaked late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, ...

Dallas may have one of the most beautiful night skylines, but you may want to take some time in the next few weeks to get away from the city lights and gaze at the three concurrent meteor showers ...

An overview of the asteroids : the Asteroids III perspective / W.F. Bottke Jr. ... [et al.] -- Giuseppe Piazzi and the discovery of Ceres / G. Foderà Serio, A. Manara and P. Sicoli -- Asteroid orbit ...

According to a pair of scientific studies published on Wednesday, the chances of an asteroid striking Earth are higher than previously assumed. Whereas an event like February's Chelyabinsk ...

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