A piece of space debris is the focus of the closest attention of astronomers worldwide as scientists evaluate a rare, but very dramatic, option. A collision of asteroid 2024 YR4, approximately 60 ...

NEW ORLEANS — There’s about a 4 percent chance that a building-sized asteroid will hit the moon in 2032. Moreover, there’s about a 1 percent chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will not only ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a small city may slam into the Moon in 2032, and if it does, the blast could hurl clouds of lunar rock into space and toward Earth. Scientists say the odds of a direct ...

The Geminids, one of the last meteor showers of the year, is also considered one of the best. And it's about to hit its peak activity. The Geminid Meteor Shower, which has been active since last week, ...

The year’s best meteor shower will send streaks across the Saturday night and early Sunday morning sky. The Geminids meteor shower has proven to reliably produce around 120 meteors per hour in a dark ...