The Lyrid meteor shower is active between April 14 and April 30, with peak activity on April 22. Clear skies are expected ...

A rare stargazing spectacle will unfold on Friday, April 13, 2029, as the asteroid Apophis passes closer than satellites over Europe and Africa in a true once-in-a-lifetime event. When you purchase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, giving scientists a rare chance to watch gravity reshape an asteroid. (CREDIT: ESA) For ...

We've had good reasons to look up at the skies lately: the pink moon earlier this month and the launch and splashdown of the ...

A small asteroid roughly the size of a car is expected to make a close approach to Earth, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lists it in its public near-Earth object tracking tools. The object ...

People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.

You don’t have to be a science geek to appreciate a bright meteor streaking across the night sky. Whether it’s a quick flash when you happen to look up, or a ...

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high above the planet. That object is Apophis, an asteroid once treated as a ...

Near-Earth asteroid Apophis is a potentially hazardous asteroid that will safely pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. It will come about 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) from our planet’s surface — ...

A rare asteroid will soon be visible to the naked eye in a rare celestial event, according to astronomers. Asteroid 99942 Apophis named after the Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire is expected ...