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

A bus-size asteroid is racing through space on a trajectory that will bring it close to Earth, and NASA is watching it with ...

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

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

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

Astronomers have confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a risk to Earth; however, there is a 4.3% chance it will strike the Moon on December 22, 2032.Although 2024 YR4 previously noted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, the online world has been abuzz with speculation that NASA has confirmed the discovery of a second moon in Earth's orbit ...

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

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 ...