Brace yourself for a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic spectacle that sounds almost too unreal to believe: NASA has confirmed that ...

People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, ...

Asteroids are constantly zipping by, but YR4 caught our attention when astronomers flagged it as a potential threat to Earth.

The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth. Here's what to know.

Asteroid Apophis, a colossal 1,100-foot-wide space rock, is racing toward Earth at a staggering 19 miles per second, promising a breathtaking cosmic encounter in 2029. In this eye-opening documentary, ...

At the University of Sydney, a Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny slice of outer space and used it to make cosmic dust from scratch. Linda Losurdo, a doctoral researcher in materials and plasma ...

A study reconstructs the chemical composition of key molecules in stars by analyzing their infrared fingerprints.

NASA is tracking asteroid 2026 FM3, a car-sized space rock set to pass safely by Earth at a distance of 148,000 miles. Here's ...

NASA postdoctoral fellow Patrick Shober discovered that Earth is currently flying through a debris field of fragments shed by ...

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

[Top] The boulder-covered moon Dimorphos as seen 8.55 seconds before the impact of the DART space craft. [Bottom] The same image after correcting for lighting conditions across the surface and shadows ...