This week is International Dark Sky Week. Lights that are aimed upwards or not properly capped illuminate the atmosphere and ...

For years, we thought a giant comet object smacked into Earth 66 million years ago, signing the collective death certificate ...

NASA is actively working on planetary defence against asteroids that could threaten Earth. Their new documentary highlights efforts being made.

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

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THE dazzling Lyrid meteor shower is set to rain over Earth this Easter, with outbursts of up to 100 shooting stars per hour.

Although the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 seems like a once-in-a-lifetime event, impacts still occur at Jupiter. You ...

There were fears a giant asteroid the size of 59 Bonos was hurtling towards Earth and could wipe Ireland out with a series of ...

The Lyrids, born from the debris of Comet Thatcher, can best be seen between April 16-25, delivering around 15 meteors per ...

However, this is the first time they have captured Jupiter’s response to solar wind before the impact. “The way it changed the planet’s atmosphere was very unexpected,” O’Donoghue said.

Although experts calculated the probability of a catastrophic planetary impact at around 3 percent, the revised estimate now stands at roughly 0.0017 percent—all but guaranteeing the space rock ...