Approximately 3.26 billion years ago, a meteorite roughly 200 times larger than the one responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs crashed into Earth. This cataclysmic event, known as the S2 ...

Tonight kicks off weekend of great sky gazing with a lasting full supermoon and a spectacular view of the Leonids meteor shower. Here's when to watch.

Arkansaw Kid was joined by Pounding, Nadal, Philosopher, Deepour, Kristilli, Cloudland and Who Dares as the horses who ...

Starting at about 1 a.m. EDT in the east, the constellation for which this meteor shower is named “Orion the Hunter” hangs low above the horizon and will rise higher as the night progresses.

Using isotopic dating, a team at Purdue University has determined that the “Lafayette Meteorite” likely interacted with liquid water approximately 742 million years ago. It was a long journey ...

55P/Tempel-Tuttle, discovered by Ernst Tempel and Horace Tuttle in 1865, is a small comet with a nucleus measuring just 2.24 ...