The sun reaches the March equinox at 5:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on March 20. This is when it crosses the equator heading northward. This moment marks the change of seasons: the beginning of ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Delivered daily ...

NASA has severe penalties for those who dare to deal in astromaterials.

According to NASA, the timing for the "planetary parade" indicates it will be visible in the evening of Feb. 28. Gohd says that the six planets will be visible in the evening sky from Earth, just ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has steadily been making its exit ever since it had a rendezvous at the end of October with the sun.

On nights when an asteroid is scheduled to pass Earth, a certain type of silence is present. It's not a storm warning's ...

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta ...

NASA officials and planetary defense experts have been discussing a major gap in Earth’s asteroid detection efforts: a large number of medium-sized near-Earth asteroids remain undiscovered. Reports ...

A car sized asteroid can sound like a cliffhanger, yet the real tension lives in the math. NASA’s trackers list 2026 CR2 for a close pass on Feb. 17, 2026, moving about 12,616 miles per hour, with an ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. Credit: Space.com | footage: Krisztián Sárneczky / ...