An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is set to pass Earth on April 13 2029, coming as close as about 32,000 kilometres from the ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...

One of the oldest known meteor showers is just days away from its peak, visible in the Northern Hemisphere for about a week in April. The Lyrids meteor shower is active between Thursday, April 17 ...

One of the oldest known meteor showers will return to Iowa's skies during the last few weeks of April. Every April, the Lyrid meteor shower becomes visible on Earth as our planet passes through the ...

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The first meteor shower in over three months is about to send shooting stars streaking across the night sky, an event visible around the globe-weather permitting. The peak of the Lyrid meteor shower ...

April's pink full moon has already passed, but there are plenty of celestial events Tennessee stargazers can catch throughout the rest of the month. From planetary alignment to a particularly active ...