The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

MIDLAND, Texas — You may have seen posts circulating on social media claiming an asteroid or meteor struck near Midland and Ector County early Sunday morning. According to the posts, videos ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected.

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

Hew Moran creates comedy skits that humorously capture everyday moments, focusing on the antics of Fortnite kids and the ...

Gerald Charles debuts the Maestro 2.0 Meteorite, its first meteorite watch with small seconds indicator Black and Silver models narrate cosmic impact through rare Muonionalusta meteorite dials and ...

New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's ...

Some 66 million years ago, life on Earth had a pretty bad day. The infamous Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the planet. The ...

Our nearest neighbor, the moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears so lopsided, with dark volcanic plains on the near side (the side we see) ...