"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Astronomy lovers in America will be treated to a great show in this month. In the early morning of March 14, a total lunar ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and given a 3% probability of colliding with Earth. It’s approximately the size of a jumbo jet and ...

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter ...

The asteroid everyone was worried about won't hit Earth. Better news: Folks working in Baltimore will help us learn more ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

Emporia State University's Peterson Planetarium is all about asteroids in March, with a focus on one asteroid in particular.

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

A rocky stretch in Western Australia's Pilbara, near Earth's earliest-confirmed lifeforms, was hit by a meteorite about 3.5 ...

SETI Institute In the News This month at the SETI Institute, exciting developments are shaping our understanding of the ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.