NASA is tracking a near-Earth asteroid called 2026 BJ8 that is moving through space at around 50,000 kmph and is roughly the size of an airplane. Although its speed and relatively close approach to ...

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a 15‑story building has a small but serious chance of slamming into the Moon in 2032, ...

For the last couple of years, NASA has been observing an asteroid that could be hurtling towards the moon in a matter of years. Scientists believe that Asteroid 2024 YR4 - which was discovered two ...

A nearly 60 meter Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid, 2024 YR4 was spotted in 2024 whose path crosses both Earth’s and the Moon ...

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...

Scientists detected water molecules on the surface of two asteroids for the first time ever. The team made the discovery using data from NASA's now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory. When you ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

NASA launched a mission to an asteroid a scientist estimated could be worth up a ridiculous amount, but they later made an ...