The asteroid is projected to make its closest pass on February 14, 2026, and is classified under the "Potentially Hazardous ...

January's moon — often known as the "Wolf Moon" in reference to the packs of famished carnivores that can be heard howling ...

In April, NASA will send a crew of four astronauts - three Americans and one Canadian - on a 10-day mission that will skim past the Moon. Their spacecraft will loop behind the lunar far side before ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night into Saturday morning, but fewer than 10 meteors will be visible per hour due ...

The 2026 lunar calendar begins with a super wolf moon, a celestial event during which the full moon appears significantly ...

Under ideal conditions, about 25 Quadrantid meteors would be visible per hour, according to NASA. While the meteors are known to lack persistent tails, they often produce bright fireballs, which are ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is speeding towards the Earth at more than 22,600 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Measuring ...

Meteor showers, eclipses, a planetary parade and 13 full moons will be visible in the night sky in 2026. Here’s when to see them.

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 ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid that's hurtling towards the Earth at more than 33,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Designated “2025 XN4, ...

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