Recent analyses indicate that asteroid 2023 DW is moving at a speed of 25 kilometers per second and is currently situated ...

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...

NASA's DART spacecraft unintentionally triggered a massive boulder ejection upon impacting asteroid moon Dimorphos, ...

When NASA steered its Dart probe into an asteroid, it was supposed to determine how much it could be deflected. The consequences were unexpectedly severe.

Unlike rocky planets where asteroid impacts leave visible craters, gas giants like Saturn have outer layers of hydrogen and ...

The universe is home to over 2 trillion stars, galaxies, and planets, and Earth, our home, is just one small part of this vast cosmos. Our planet has witnessed the rise and fall of many life forms, ...

A small shift in trajectory has raised the risk of a lunar impact — but the scariest part is, we can't track it anymore.

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Around 100 million years ago, the Earth was dominated by colossal creatures – dinosaurs, ruling the land with their massive size and power. These creatures, some towering taller than modern buildings ...

A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...

Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...