On March 17, a space rock the size of a basketball slammed into the lunar surface at a speed of 56,000 miles per hour, creating a new crater around 20 meters wide. Continue reading →

Officials have confirmed that approval will be given for NASA to carry out a part-robotic, part-manned mission to capture, park and study a small asteroid. ->

The DE-STAR lasers could either evaporate and destroy asteroids or at least knock them off course. ->

More than 900 people were injured Friday morning after a meteor streaking to Earth triggered a powerful sonic boom. Learn what caused the powerful boom. ->

The Russian meteor and flyby of 2012 DA14 were not related -- to prove it, simulation company AGI has recreated both historic events. ->

A main belt asteroid has been officially re-named "274301 Wikipedia." ->

Next week, a 45 meter-wide, 130,000 ton space rock will zoom safely by. But as far as cosmic distances go, it will be a close shave. ->

Artist impression of the Venus Express spacecraft separating from the Soyuz Fregat upper stage rocket after launch (ESA) The cosmos threw a curve ball at us, but a near-Earth object (NEO) called 2010 AL30 missed by over 80,000 miles. Although the object was too small to cause any damage, if it did ...