Because a comet was hitting the planet Jupiter. [Archival Audio]: A string of over 20 ice and dust fragments from an ancient comet will plummet into Jupiter causing massive explosions.

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System – only the third ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

It has been advised that the debris may be either a fragment of a meteor or potentially space debris, commonly referred to as ...

International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...

A bright fireball meteor streaked across the Southeast US, startling residents across four states with a sudden flash and ...

Without Jupiter’s intervention, some of that space debris could have crashed into Earth; if one had been a cataclysmic ...

Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...