Articles About Asteroids (7)

What Are Asteroids?

Learn more about these space rocks orbiting the Sun.

Asteroid 2004 BL86 to Fly By Earth

On Monday, January 26, 2015 asteroid 2004 BL86 flew by at only 3 times the distance of the Moon from the Earth.

Astronomical Glossary - Terms & Definitions

What do astronomers really mean when they use those technical terms?

What Are Comets?

Icy leftovers from the birth of the solar system.

Meteors: How to See

Tips on how and where to see shooting stars.

What Is a Meteor Shower?

Shooting stars produced when Earth travels through debris from a comet or asteroid.

The Solar System

Everything that orbits the Sun is part of the solar system.