An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These 11-million-year-old glass fragments differ chemically and geographically ...

Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above ...

Earth was grazed by a tiny asteroid last week, which passed about as close as the International Space Station (ISS).

A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

Hera, a European spacecraft, is halfway to the Didymos asteroid system to study the impact of NASA’s DART mission.

"With these probability maps, we can push asteroids away while preventing them from returning on an impact trajectory, ...

Roughly 45 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the seabed of what is now the North Sea, triggering a tsunami that rose over 100 meters high. After decades of scientific debate, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032, and some scientists are considering whether they ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.