On November 12, 2014, after a decade-long journey spanning the Solar System and over 500 million kilometers, Rosetta’s lander, Philae, made history by becoming the first spacecraft to touch down on a ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of ...

The Andromedids were associated with Biela's Comet, which broke apart in the 1850s ... Still not enough space? Don't forget to check out our Space Image of the Day, and on the weekends ...

Would you look at that... Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite space pictures here, and if you're wondering what happened to today in ...

Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that’s out of this world. People all over North America spent the afternoon awed by the movement ...

How about Donner, and Dipper, and Deneb and Blitzen? And Comet? Do you know Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS? Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS crossed our sky during the day on Oct. 14, parallel to and invisible ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of ...