Even as NASA’s Artemis II was in the middle of its epic sling around the moon, scientists like Brown University’s James Head III and John “Jack” Mustard said the mission had already changed what we ...

In an unprecedented moment duringNASA’s Artemis 2 mission, astronauts witnessed flashes of light caused by meteoroid impacts ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new research shows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? Researchers show that this is not due to the random pull of the planets, but rather the ...

Asteroid (3200) Phaethon, recognised as the parent body of the annual Geminid meteor shower, occupies a unique position in planetary science. Despite its rocky, low-albedo nature, Phaethon exhibits ...

What is the difference between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite? They're all the same object, just on different stages of the journey.

NASA’s orbital debris program officially began in 1979. Lacking an official program designation at the time, it was initiated in the Space Sciences Branch at Johnson Space Center (JSC) as a result of ...

Comets that rarely swing past the sun could ram into our planet, but we could spot them using the "crumb"-like meteoroid trails they leave behind, a new study suggests. Many comets visit the solar ...