XR flew about 1.37 million miles (2.2M km) away from Earth. The space rock is estimated to be about 300-700 km (248-434 miles ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

Observatories on Maunakea and Haleakalā are actively tracking 2024 YR4 to refine its trajectory. In 2022, UH was instrumental ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is between 120 to 270 metres in diameter, and travelling at approximately 19.14 km/s (68,904 km/h). The ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure ...

When NASA detected an unidentified object orbiting the Moon, speculation ran wild. Was it an alien spacecraft? A secret ...

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...