While Earth was famously hit by a meteor that killed off the dinosaurs, many others have also hit our planet, many of them ...

One of the NEAs, 99942 Apophis, which was discovered in 2004, is arriving on (of all the freaking dates) Friday the 13th in ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a small city may slam into the Moon in 2032, and if it does, the blast could hurl clouds of lunar rock into space and toward Earth. Scientists say the odds of a direct ...

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

A piece of space debris is the focus of the closest attention of astronomers worldwide as scientists evaluate a rare, but ...

January brings a bright supermoon and a fast meteor shower at the same time. Here is what to watch for and how to enjoy the ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 60 metres in diameter, may strike the Moon in December 2032, potentially causing the largest ...

Scientists initially proposed two possibilities. Either the meteorite entered in an extremely unusual way, or it was moved by ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 53–67 meter wide object discovered by Chile's ATLAS telescope in late 2024, poses a significant threat ...

On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan ...