Initially flagged as a potential Earth threat, asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot space rock, is now predicted to potentially ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit — not on our planet, ...

A massive asteroid, named 2025 OW, resembling a 25-storey building, is approaching Earth next week. It measures about 220 ...

The night sky never stays still. And sometimes, it brings a quiet reminder that we share this vast space with wandering rocks ...

Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and ...

On its way to becoming the highest grossing movie of 1998, the Michael Bay disaster movie sparked a city-wide panic with its ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth could have at least six minimoons that we never knew existed. A minimoon is a small ...

Declining birth rates around the world may pose new challenges for humanity. A new book on the topic by Elon Musk–funded ...

Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy ...

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched the Tianwen-2 spacecraft from Xichang spaceport in southwestern China. The probe will ...