The John J. McCarthy Observatory — run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School — has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the final moments of the spacecraft's existence and reaction from the team at John ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In early January 2026, a rumor circulated online that Earth would "lose gravity" for seven seconds on Aug. 12, 2026 — leading to ...

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that ...

New footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an ...

JANUARY 27TH. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE WAITING FOR NASA TO TELL US WHEN IT PLANS TO BRING BACK AN ASTRONAUT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION. NASA HAS NOT SAID WHAT ...

Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth. Kenneth Chang Two American ...