To best see the Lyrid meteor shower, Griffith Observatory's director suggests heading to the mountains or desert to get away ...

Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.

Most meteorites are small — pebble-sized or smaller — chunks of rocky material that, in most cases, get buried in the soil or ...

Aaron Jones talked Monday about coming back to the Vikings after being a free agent. The Minnesota Vikings are starting their offseason workout program at TCO Performance Center. The latest ...

"You will begin to see Lyrids after 10 p.m. local time," said Bill Cooke, who leads NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at ...

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

One of the first major meteor showers of the year will coincide with Earth Day this year, offering a heavenly experience for ...

The Lyrid meteor shower NASA . The next week will be a fun one for skywatchers, as the Lyrid meteor shower will be visible ...

Two major meteor showers will appear across New Jersey skies in April and May — the Lyrids and the Eta Aquariids. According ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...