Comets, giant snowballs of ice and dust, are known to have carried organic chemicals and water to the early Earth.

Way to New Worlds on Instagram: “The rings we see on Saturn are made up of billions of ice fragments and space rocks of varying sizes. Some are like grains of sand.…”

A look back at what the crews of the Apollo missions photographed on the surface of the moon.

Learn to draw a Black Hole. This step-by-step tutorial makes it easy. Kids and beginners alike can now draw a great Black Hole.

Help your kids learn about our Solar System and Planets with this Montessori inspired story stones play set - Outer Space. Children will have fun putting the planets in order and learning the names. Each planet has its name on the back of the stone. Perfect for homeschool, as a busy binder activity, or file folder game. A great addition to preschool or kindergarten curriculum, or as a fun review for older kids. Let your children enjoy imaginative play and provide them with sensory…

NASA's Meteor Watch Facebook page confirms the big bang theory that the large boom heard over Pittsburgh was a meteor.

The Orionid meteor shower, where Earth passes through debris left by the Halley comet (officially known as Comet 1P), is currently peaking. The shower started on October 2 and was visible for aroun…

Asteroid mining is making the leap from science fiction novels and into corporate boardrooms as new technologies bring the idea within reach.