The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

World Asteroid Day is celebrated every year on 30 June. The purpose of this day is to make people aware of asteroids and the potentially dangerous situations associated with them.

Meteor Crater and Lowell Observatory invite the public to observe the unique benchmark with a day of educational activities.

World Asteroid Day is observed every year on June 30 to raise awareness about asteroids and the potential hazards they pose ...

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly knows a few things about objects in outer space, including those that make their way to Earth.

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

Senators introduce a resolution to designate June 30 as National Asteroid Day, emphasizing planetary defense and public ...

A fireball, or a bright meteorite, was seen across the southeastern United States on Thursday and later exploded over Georgia ...

Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the ...

June 30 is Asteroid Day, which honors the Tunguska event in Russia 117 years ago and teaches about asteroids and their ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Why Asteroid Day? In December 2016 the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/71/90, declaring 30 June International Asteroid Day in order to "observe each year at the ...