A faculty member from Mississippi State University has discovered a new asteroid, a first for the Magnolia State.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University faculty member has made a celestial discovery in Starkville: the first ...

Key Takeaways An asteroid is currently heading toward the Moon. NASA scientists are exploring a nuclear option. The stakes ...

"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Science enthusiasts are closely watching asteroid 2024 YR4, the most hazardous asteroid ever detected. Westmont College physics professor emeritus Ken Kihlstrom said the ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard to Earth, according to the James Webb Space Telescope Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

The official names of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson’s surface features — as identified by the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy Mission — have been approved by the International Astronomical Union ...

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

ROME — Pope Gregory XIII, the 16th century pontiff responsible for what is today known as the Gregorian calendar, now has another, celestial claim to fame. A working group of the International ...