Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

Crinia is a unique 5-kilometer asteroid that shares Earth’s orbit in a rare one-to-one rhythm. Despite its nickname as Earth’s “second moon, ” it actually orbits the sun with a looping path that ...

Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

Spot overlapping meteor showers this month, along with the Moon sharing the sky with some of the brightest planets.

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view ...

International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence is the unique occasion of the close approach of 99942 Apophis in 2029 for a worldwide campaign to raise awareness regarding asteroids ...

The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4%, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view.

An asteroid the size of a 10-storey building could now make impact with the moon, which could potentially fry global communications and send the planet into digital meltdown.

After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

New simulations reveal that the infamous "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with "bullet-like" debris if it hits the moon in seven years' time, potentially triggering an eye ...