The spunky Lucy mission will make a second gravity assist of our world tonight as it heads off on its hunt for the solar system's origins.

On Dec. 12, at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently in a two-year orbit around the sun, will skim Earth's ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking three asteroids. These celestial visitors will safely pass Earth on December 12, ...

NASA has announced the discovery of seven astronomical objects that come in two flavors; they look like asteroids but ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will perform a close flyby of Earth on December 12, utilizing a gravity assist to adjust its ...

Astronomers at MIT have detected the smallest asteroids ever, measuring just 10 metres across, using data from NASA's James ...

Gear up for the last and best meteor shower of the year. The Geminid meteor shower will peak on December 13-14 bringing ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is monitoring three asteroids set to pass Earth on December 11, 2024. Though moving at ...

One of the most dramatic astronomical events of the year is scheduled to peak this weekend. The Geminid meteor shower is ...

The cosmic display – famed for its strong, bright and consistent fireballs – is reaching its peak activity for the year ...

NASA researchers have discovered seven new dark comets, asteroids that act like comets, and they say there could be even more ...