If you saw lots of “shooting stars” this weekend during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, you’ll likely have a burning question that you need an answer to—when is the next one?

Unlike many other meteor showers, which have peaks that can last a couple of days, the Quadrantids peak only lasts about 6 hours. “The reason the peak is so short is due to the shower’s thin ...

But a meteorite that big should have left a mile-wide scar on the Earth and plunged 300 feet into the ground, according to the study authors. "That's a very difficult size hole to make go away ...

told BBC News a fireball this big is only expected about two or three times every 100 years. At about noon local time on 18 December, the asteroid barrelled through the atmosphere at a speed of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA has successfully returned a 250-gram sample of dirt from a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. Scientists around the world will study the rock particles to see ...

The Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of the year, will share the celestial stage with the dazzling Leonid meteor shower.

There are still plenty of meteor showers left between now and New Year's, with at least one fireball event happening at all times. That means you have the chance of seeing a shooting star on any given ...