According to a new study, a Moon strike by asteroid 2024 YR4 could create a debris cloud weighing more 100,000,000kg – 10 per ...

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.

Legendary Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, astronomer Scott Manley and acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal, known for ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

An asteroid crashing into Earth may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but experts warn it’s a real threat—and we may ...

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

Astronomers have discovered six hidden asteroids orbiting alongside Venus — and three of them could one day strike Earth.

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

Asteroids, moons and other celestial bodies contain raw materials. There are technical, legal and ethical challenges.

“People find the car study infinitely relatable,” Piff says now of this research, the results of which were published in the ...