The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year's first chance to see fireballs in the sky. Here's what to know about the ...

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen’s University Belfast, has recently returned from ground control of ESA’s Hera mission.

The risk of an asteroid hitting the Earth or a pandemic also exists. But the risk of China destroying our system is ...

The report suggests that Earth will cease to have any mammal inhabitants that cannot adjust to living with temperatures of ...

Astronomers are closely watching asteroid 2020 XY4 as it approaches Earth. The 44-foot space rock will pass by on 19 December 2024. Despite the attention it’s attracting, experts confirm there ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

A huge asteroid with is set to fly past Earth on Friday the 13th in 2029 - at a distance of less than 20,000 miles. The massive 1,000-metre-wide cosmic projectile is 28 times bigger than the ...

Asteroid enthusiasts can expect an exciting celestial event this December. NASA has spotted two asteroids, 2024 XW15 and 2024 XC16, passing Earth on December 13. Though considered "near misses ...