The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online.

A polarized-light microscopy image (in background) of a section from the Allende meteorite is one-thousandth of a millimeter thin. Chip Clark / NMNH Most likely it came from the asteroid belt ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Who doesn’t enjoy a nice shower once a year? Stargazers happen to be in luck this month as the annual Lyrid meteor shower is set to illuminate the sky with another dazzling ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several ...