Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

The Quadrantid meteor shower is active from Dec. 26 to Jan. 16, 2026, and will peak Jan. 3-4, 2026, though viewing will be ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

A surprising discovery has been made by the Planetary Defense Team that detected the 40,000th Near-Earth Asteroid whose path ...

This year, full moon might interfere with the view, but if you can brave the cold, the meteor shower is expected to be one of ...

As the American Meteor Society notes, Quadrantids has a short but active peak, lasting around 6 hours. The peak is expected ...

The University of Arizona's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft only made it home once in 2025, but at least it got some nice snapshots ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

The asteroid Apophis, also known as 99942 Apophis, will have its historic close approach to Earth on Friday, the 13th of ...

NEW YORK — It’s time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December, according to the American Meteor Society. The meteors ...

One of the toughest yet most rewarding annual display of "shooting stars" peaks overnight on Jan. 3-4, 2026 — here’s how to ...

The Geminid meteor showers, considered one of the best of the year, is about to peak in 2025. Here are the best locations in Mississippi to view them.