How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Three of these asteroids would have over one million times the energy of Hiroshima if they were to strike Earth’s surface and ...

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

Starlink satellites are at risk if a “city killer” asteroid crashes into the Moon, experts have warned. The European Space ...

There might be more than $1 trillion worth of platinum deposits on the moon, according to a paper published in the journal ...

In the event the space rock strikes the Moon, it would be one of the largest asteroids in recent history to hit the lunar surface. Researchers hope it may provide crucial data to prepare for future ...

They found that out of around 1.3 million craters on the moon with a diameter greater than a kilometre, nearly 6500 were made by asteroids containing commercial quantities of platinum.