The near miss by the large Apophis asteroid in April 2029 offers NASA a golden—and exceedingly rare—opportunity to observe ...

An asteroid the size of a 10-story building could now make impact with the moon, which would global communications and ...

Why do we have a special day to celebrate space rocks? On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion over Tunguska in Siberia ...

Witnesses across South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia describe a giant fireball in the sky. Here's what it means.

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

This mass death of dinosaurs occurred around 72 million years ago, well before the asteroid impact that famously wiped out ...

Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

Join the University of Liverpool’s space engineers for a fascinating day of discovery as they celebrate World Asteroid Day on Monday, 30 June.

The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically ...

As Asteroid Day marks its 10th anniversary, U.S. Senators Kelly and Cornyn introduce a resolution to establish National ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...