Seeing a daytime fireball is a rare occurrence: Fireballs are easier to view at night, but must be much brighter to be ...

On Aug. 10, 1972, an Earth-grazing fireball burst through the sky over North America. It didn't hit the ground, but instead ...

Massive interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, larger than Manhattan, shows unusual glow pattern and planetary alignment that Harvard ...

Together, DART and Hera lay the foundations for future planetary protection missions. Focusing on asteroids that could pose harm to our planet, these missions require planning and execution at short ...

( NewsNation) — Scientists who studied a meteorite that crash-landed into a Georgia man’s home estimated its age to be over 4 ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

A cosmic visitor is stirring up an earthly debate. A Harvard University astrophysicist has suggested the incoming ...

University of Georgia geology professor Scott Harris determined that a meteorite fragment that crashed through the roof of a ...

University of Georgia researchers named a space rock the McDonough Meteorite, after is crashed through the roof of a home in ...

A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and ...