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Astronomy October 21, 2015

Leonid meteor shower forecast: What to expect

In recent days, I've been hearing the excited murmurings of skywatchers: "The Leonids are coming!"

Spaceflight October 21, 2015

Philae probe reaches comet, makes space history

The European Space Agency's Philae lander has made space history by successfully reaching the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

NASA October 21, 2015

US military's meteor explosion data can help scientists protect earth

The U.S. Air Force and NASA have ironed out problems that prevented scientists from obtaining a steady stream of military tracking data on meteor explosions within Earth's atmosphere.

Astronomy October 21, 2015

Newfound asteroid will give Earth super-close shave on Sunday

Earth is about to have a close encounter with a house-sized asteroid on Sunday Sept.7.

Asteroids October 21, 2015

NASA's asteroid-capture mission may test new method to defend Earth

NASA's bold plan to park an asteroid near the moon may also test out a new way to protect Earth from dangerous space rocks.

Astronomy October 21, 2015

Watch a 45-mile-wide asteroid blot out a star tonight

An asteroid the size of Rhode Island will briefly blot out one of the brightest stars in the sky overnight tonight (March 19-20), and you can watch the rare celestial event live online, weather permitting.

Asteroids October 21, 2015

Comet ISON's blazing green tail captured in stunning photo

Comet ISON blazes through the night sky on its dangerous journey toward the sun in this great photo.

Moon October 21, 2015

Congress says no to asteroids, yes to moon landing

A draft spending bill from the House would drop funding for President Obama's proposed asteroid retrieval project and steer funding back toward lunar exploration.

Asteroids October 21, 2015

Meteorite crashes through roof in Connecticut, scientist says

A Yale scientist says a rock that crashed through the roof of a home in Wolcott was a meteorite.

Asteroids October 21, 2015

Meteorite crater under Iowa confirmed in new images

Buried beneath the rocks, dirt, buildings and roads of the city of Decorah, Iowa, lies a 470 million-year-old meteorite crater.

Asteroids October 21, 2015

Earth safe from asteroid flyby next week

An asteroid will give Earth a historically close shave next week, but there's no chance that the space rock will slam into our planet on this pass, experts say.