An asteroid spotted in late December 2024 caught astronomers’ eyes and simulations to determine possible orbits indicate the object could strike Earth in 2032, but West Virginia University researchers ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that 3.8 billion years ago, an unidentified object struck the Moon ...

NASA is tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. While its size and proximity warrant ...

A collectable 50p coin has been launched to celebrate the Red Arrows, 60 years after their first public air display in 1965.

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

A new climate modeling study presents a new scenario of how climate and life on our planet would change in response to a potential future strike of a medium-sized (~500 m) asteroid.

How close will it get? The asteroid, named 2025 CJ, measures 8 feet wide. It will pass 599,000 miles from Earth. This ...

The moon's Schrödinger impact basin near the south pole holds two grand canyons formed by an enormous asteroid collision 3.8 billion years ago. Unlike Earth's, these canyons formed in less than 10 ...

New NASA observations show a near-Earth asteroid with more than a 1% chance of impacting Earth in seven years.

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

A Los Angeles man who teaches at Santa Monica High School has been arrested after it was alleged he was involved in an “inappropriate relationship” with a student. Ingo Horst Gaida, ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...