Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: a significant chance that a “city killer” rock could slam into the Moon ...

The moon is pummeled by asteroids nearly every day, creating new craters constantly that can range from a few feet to many miles across. The asteroid impacts, when they’re large enough, create flashes ...

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...

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

An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is ...

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

A home security camera captured a falling meteorite and the sound it made when it hit the walkway leading to a house in Canada, the incident occurring just moments after the homeowner departed for a ...

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

Scientists have discovered living microbes producing methane in the fractured rocks deep inside Sweden's Siljan impact crater ...