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.

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 Planetary Defence System of the ESA earlier identified the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid. The current tally since the ESA ...

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

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

A team of researchers has uncovered a remarkably intact impact structure that is now known as the Jinlin crater.

Stargazers across the United States are in for a treat this weekend as the annual Leonids meteor shower lights up the night ...

Leonid meteors may appear whenever the constellation Leo is above the horizon. Heads up stargazers! The Leonid meteor shower ...

NASA officials predict the Leonids meteor shower will peak overnight Sunday and early Monday morning. It is active until Dec.