Bright fireball streaks through the night sky over Japan

A bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Japan around 12:30 UTC (21:30 JST) on…

Asteroid 2017 WW1 to flyby Earth at a distance of 0.37 LD

A small asteroid designated 2017 WW1 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.37 LD /…

NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and Earth

When our Sun erupts with giant explosions—such as bursts of radiation called solar flares—we know they…

Three decades of measurements show ozone’s ups and downs

Climate scientists studying three decades of ozone measurements from seven satellites see a positive trend in…

Astronomers discover a star that just keeps shining

An international team of astronomers led by Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) has made a bizarre discovery;…

Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered

A temperate Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 11 light-years from the Solar System by a…

Major meteor shower: Leonids peak this weekend

The Leonid meteor shower is a major meteor shower (Class I), running annually from November 5…

Astronomers discover new type of cosmic explosion

An international team of astronomers, including a University of Southampton expert, has discovered a new type…

Very bright fireball explodes over northern Finland, sonic boom reported

A very bright fireball exploded over Lapland, northern Finland at 16:40 UTC (18:40 EET) on November…

Asteroid 2017 VF14 flew past Earth on November 13 at 0.80 LD

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2017 VF14 flew past Earth at 0.80 LD / 0.00205 AU…