Open space, dark skies and elevation add up to great views of the skies in Colorado. But can you spot asteroids, comets and ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the theory that asteroids could have delivered life’s building blocks to Earth 3.5 billion years ago.

There are plenty of meteor showers that can be enjoyed from Earth every year, perhaps the most spectacular of all is the ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

Look to the skies, Utahns. The Beehive State is a top state for stargazers to spot these few celestial phenomena. Here's what to know.

While thinking of space as one big rubbish tip isn’t nice, one perk of all this cosmic filth is meteor showers, which light ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

In the 1980s, the theory that dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive meteor that hit the Earth began to gain scientific ...

YR4 holds a 4 per cent chance of hitting the Moon. Discovered after it had already passed Earth, the asteroid's trajectory highlights the limitations of current Earth-based detection systems.