The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace is ready for a flyby of the moon as part of its ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

The moon reached its peak brightness at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, but local moonrise and moonset times will depend ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth ... as it travels along its orbital path. On Earth, those in the path of totality ...

The 'full moon' phase is as close as we come to seeing the sun's illumination of the entire day side of the moon. In 2025, ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while ...

The rock’s meandering path ignited debate over whether the ... This growing family of moon rocks around Earth is packed with insights about our planetary backyard. One study has already tried ...

If the scientists could very precisely measure the proportions of lutetium and halfnium in moon rocks compared to other ...

Late on March 13 and in the early hours of March 14 this year, 13 percent of the world's population will fall in the path ... of Earth relative to the sun. However, the moon's orbit around Earth ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...