Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

Topekans seven times in the coming week should be able to watch the International Space Station pass overhead after dark in the early evening.

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.

Researchers assert that the Triassic-Jurassic extinction was a sudden event. Around 201.6 million years ago, Earth experienced one of its five major mass extinctions, leading to the abrupt ...

The giant planet J1407b has been a weird space mystery since its discovery in 2010. But a new study revealed something about the planet that may help explain at least part of its weirdness: a ...

A new study reveals the devastating impact of harsh volcanic winters that marked the end of the Triassic period and ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.

possibly in the direction of Earth. As time rolls on, families get older and slowly lose their fragments, becoming less of a source for meteorites. Nonetheless, let's hope there isn't a kilometer ...