YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that unleashed 130 times the amount of energy in Earth's global nuclear weapons i ...

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.

Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don't run for cover just yet.

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

YR4 has just over a 2% chance of hitting Earth, according to NASA, but experts say there's no need to panic yet.

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...