The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

Tall Boy A near-Earth asteroid is turning heads for its distinct shape. As seen in a series of radar images, the rocky object looks a whole lot like an enormous peanut tumbling through space. Or ...

A mysterious space object that has been captured by Earth's orbit and is widely believed to be a rocket booster from the 1960s is now viewable to skygazers as it gets closer to the planet.

NASA rocket booster? Asteroid? A small object known as 2020 SO will pass close to Earth and you can watch it live starting Monday, Nov. 30.

The long-anticipated arrival of a mysterious object from outer space dubbed WTF came and went Friday without alien invasion or planetary destruction.

The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 left behind a legacy of devastation, not least of which includes what is now considered the deadliest object on Earth: the Elephant’s Foot. This ominous mass of ...

Astronomy buffs eager to get a glimpse of what may be a piece of space junk from a NASA mission of the 1960s are in luck. An object named 2020 SO — which was captured last month by the Earth’s ...

A mysterious object that flew by Earth in 2017 was likely from aliens, according to a Harvard professor.

Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...

A strange space object approaching Earth is about to get captured by our gravity and become a new, temporary “mini-moon." The object, which is dubbed 2020 SO, could be an asteroid. Or it could ...

When a strange space object was discovered approaching Earth on Sept. 27, 2020, astronomers first thought it was some sort of space rock - a mysterious object headed our way - not on a collision ...

A near-Earth asteroid is turning heads for a distinct shape that makes it awfully hard to take seriously — even though it's "potentially hazardous." As seen in a series of radar images, the ...