Monarchs have donned regnal names after having ascended to their thrones since ancient times. When it comes to Popes, this is a standard and important practice, and the name chosen has a lot of ...

Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ...

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...

NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...

NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

A festival of music, comedy, and more in Lowell. The spirit of literary legend Jack Kerouac lives on in Lowell next weekend ...

过去的理论模型预测，落在地球上的陨星中，应有一半以上都属于碳粒陨星。但在实际统计中，这类陨星只占不到4%。为何存在如此大的偏差？这些“失踪”的碳粒陨星都去哪了？

NASA has defined asteroids as small, rocky objects that orbit the sun like planets, but they are much smaller in size. Most ...

NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting Earth from any large asteroids discovered coming our way.

As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...