Since 2014, a strange and violent phenomenon has been unsettling scientists and local herders across the remote Yamal and ...

Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet. For years, visitors have wanted access to the bottom. Now for the first time ever, the narrow trail that leads to the bottom of ...

In this Skywatch 16, Jeremy Lewan takes a closer look at a meteor that recently exploded and produced a sonic boom over New ...

This year’s Asteroid Day has planned events worldwide and online. It acts as a reminder about advances in planetary defense.

This #InternationalAsteroidDay falls on the 110th anniversary of the Tunguska Impact, which occurred on this day (June 30) in ...

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the ...

When the Strawberry Moon rises above South Carolina on Monday June 29 that is the celestial signal that summer has begun. The ...

An asteroid as large as five cruise ships is barreling towards Earth at 5.6 miles per second. Civilization thankfully isn’t ...

For decades, astronomers and policymakers have been working on plans to protect our planet from killer asteroids. But now there's a new realm to protect: the thousands of satellites we're putting in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A meteorite detonated over New England with energy equivalent to approximately 300 tons of TNT, producing vibrations felt across ...

A rare daytime fireball broke the quiet afternoon over New England when a 5-foot-wide meteor violently recently exploded in the sky. The high-altitude blast generated a powerful sonic boom that shook ...