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Space Exploration Apr 22, 2024

Meteor shower to peak today: Here's when and the best way to watch

One of the oldest known meteor showers is streaking through the sky above California. The Lyrid meteor shower was first recorded in 687 B.C. and has been studied for more than 2,000 years, according to NASA. The meteor shower ...

Astronomy Apr 22, 2024

Computer model helps support theory of asteroid Kamo'oalewa as ejecta from the moon

A small international team of planetary scientists has found evidence supporting the theory that the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa is ejecta from the moon. In their paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the group ...