NASA has discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently holds the record for the highest impact probability ever recorded. As ...

Officials with the American Meteor Society and NASA say a double boom heard in multiple states Saturday afternoon was a ...

Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon.

The Eta Aquarids, the third major meteor shower of 2026, has become active right as another one is about to hit its peak in activity. This particular meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the ...

With the meteorite falling into 100 feet of water and likely having magnetic properties, a space rock hunter can recover it ...

The inner solar system is a lot calmer than it was 4 billion years ago, during what’s known as the heavy bombardment period. Over the course of that violent stretch, which lasted about 500 million ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State ...

Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

The curious minds at What If simulate what would happen if every asteroid hit Earth at once.

The Lyrids meteor shower will be active from April 14 to April 30, 2026. Peak activity for the Lyrids is expected between April 21 and April 22. Stargazers can expect to see 10-20 meteors per hour ...