"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

If the asteroid were to hit the Earth, NASA estimates that would happen on Dec. 22, 2032. It would most likely land somewhere ...

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

While Astronomics does fall into the "job as game" category, it's a good job that starts off fairly basic and expands as it ...

Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...

The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...