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

World Asteroid Day is celebrated every year on 30 June. The purpose of this day is to make people aware of asteroids and the potentially dangerous situations associated with them.

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first spotted in 2024 and was initially feared to be on a collision course with Earth.

What President Trump and Congress are doing is righting the ship to ensure SNAP and Medicaid remain sustainable for years to ...

Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...

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

Japanese company ispace said Tuesday that a "hard landing" during its attempted lunar landing in early June was due to an ...

A Hungarian astronomer, Krisztián Sárneczky, was the first to detect a meteoroid just one meter in diameter that entered ...

Space brings threat and opportunity in equal measure, but knowledge is power, says renowned astrophysicist ahead of 10th ...

If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would ...

In Pip Adam’s extraordinary, humane book Audition, the stars are both a dystopian place and a site of uncharted possibility.

Climate scientist Kate Marvel talks to The Washington Post about the complicated mix of emotions people might feel about the changing planet.