Astronomers were slow at spotting a small giraffe-sized asteroid that zoomed past our planet on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

Amateur sky watchers believe a meteorite fell to earth in northeast Michigan Sunday morning, Nov. 23, and many people have posted video online of the space debris streaking overhead.

YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid that briefly made headlines last year due to a small but non-zero chance that it may hit the ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

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

The Leonid meteor shower is about to hit its 2025 peak activity this November. Here's everything to know about the annual ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a remarkably intact impact structure that is now known as the Jinlin crater.

Stargazers across the United States are in for a treat this weekend as the annual Leonids meteor shower lights up the night ...