“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

The quiet arrival offers another indication that the sun is moving into the declining phase of its 11-year cycle.

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...

What would happen if a massive asteroid collided with Earth. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces resignation after feud with ...

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

This year, the internet has taken great interest in 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object ever detected, though also the third since 2017. (The overwhelming scientific consensus suggests ...

European Space Agency says milestone highlights both Earth’s vulnerability and advances in planetary-defense science - ...

The Leonid meteor shower is set to brighten the night sky again tonight, and experts say the conditions could not be any ...

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.