The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor ...

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

It's time to look up at the night sky again. Find a dark spot, let your eyes adjust and see the Leonid meteor shower as it ...

Earth has picked up a new traveling companion – an asteroid named 2025 PN7 that now moves through space in step with us. This ...

An interstellar trespasser known as 3I/ATLAS is almost certainly a comet. So, why do so many people think it's ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.