According to NASA, an asteroid is labelled "potentially hazardous" based on a combination of factors: its size and how close ...

Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.

A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

The Ursids peak Sunday night into Monday morning and will be visible until Dec. 26 from the Northern Hemisphere. Skygazers ...

The space object, which was only recently discovered by scientists, will pass closest to Earth on Friday, December 19. Here's ...

The Geminids tend to be the strongest meteor shower of the year. It is also the one major shower that provides good activity ...

Catch the brightest meteor shower of 2025 as the Geminids peak this weekend over California, from San Diego to Yreka. Where ...

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A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...