When 3 meteorite pieces struck Khalwat Nimgaon, it upended village life and set off a frantic hunt for a missing fragment.

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While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared this amazing time-lapse captured from the International Space Station. Credit: ...

The comet was discovered in 1861, but the Lyrid shower has been observed for 2,700 years. This year the Lyrids will also ...

Meteor showers, eclipses and full moons will appear in our skies this summer. Mark your calendars with these dates, stargazers.

The 2025 Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight Monday, April 21, into the morning of Tuesday, April 22, according to NASA. During the Lyrids ' peak, 10 to 20 fast and bright meteors can be ...

Following closely on the heels of the Lyrid meteor shower , the Aquardis (also sometimes spelled Aquardiis) meteors are some of the best astral views of the year, especially from the Southern ...

Since the fall of Arecibo, 199 NEAs have been detected ... Radar can also help to refine the asteroid's path through space, which can help researchers determine how likely it is to collide with ...

Astronomy enthusiasts are in for a treat as the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, active since April 15th, peaks on May 5th and 6th. This intense shower, ori ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...