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

Astronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history" ...

A meteor from the Southern Taurid meteor shower streaks towards the aurora borealis in Central New York State on Sept. 29, 2025. An autumn meteor shower yearly responsible for “Halloween fireballs” ...

There is this saying that the more you know about something, the more likely you are to grow concerned about some aspect of it. The validity of this saying became painfully clear when reading this ...

JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...

A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in space monitoring.

(CNN) — Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research. The ...

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

Astronomers are gearing up for an unprecedented celestial event that could redefine our understanding of lunar impacts. On December 22, 2032, there is a possibility that asteroid 2024 YR4 could ...