If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4.3% chance of hitting the Moon, potentially releasing 100 million kilograms of debris ...

When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In ...

Experts know from past experiments that djerfisherite can be created when potassium-rich fluids and iron-nickel sulfides ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

A Cornel University study submitted to the American Astronomy Society Journals concludes that, while Earth is no longer in ...

NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million ...

and "Massive asteroid will swing by Earth after Valentine's Day." These stories aren't about real danger; many of the objects pass millions of miles away. Rather, the stories are about sensationalism.

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...