"Up to 10% of the lunar ejecta could reach Earth within days," said Paul Wiegert, a planetary scientist and lead author of ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon, it would create a crater more than half a mile in diameter (1 km), becoming the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to the study. Current ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, roughly the size of a 15-story building, has a slim chance of striking the Moon in 2032, potentially ...

An asteroid named 2025 OL1 is heading Earth’s way. Measuring around 110 feet across, it’s roughly the size of a large aircraft.

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

An extraordinary celestial event could unfold in the night sky in less than a decade if an asteroid passing Earth collides with the Moon. The impact of asteroid 2024 YR4 into the lunar surface would ...

Originally feared as a potential Earth impactor, asteroid 99942 Apophis, once dubbed the \"God of Chaos,\" will safely pass ...

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...

John Sandusky, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the science behind asteroid Apophis, once feared as a “planet killer,” and highlights its safe 2029 flyby while stressing the need for ongoing planetary defense efforts.

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar ...