NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...

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At least it's not hitting Earth, we suppose.

A nearly 60 meter Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid, 2024 YR4 was spotted in 2024 whose path crosses both Earth’s and the Moon ...

There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by ...

An asteroid has the possibility of hitting the moon in the future, and one of scientists' solutions is launching a nuclear weapon at the rogue rock. Yes, sort of like the movie, "Armageddon." "The ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026. Image from Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project www.virtualtelescope.eu A massive near-Earth asteroid of “planet ...

(CNN) --Despite what your social media feeds are telling you, an asteroid shaped like a skull is not going to zip by Earth this Halloween. Asteroid 2015 TB145 looked like a skull when it passed by our ...