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

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

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

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the ...

The Leonid meteor shower, which is active from Nov. 6 to Nov. 30, is to peak from the night of Nov. 16 to Nov. 17, according ...

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

Recently discovered asteroid 2023 DW has been predicted to have a close encounter with Earth on Feb. 14, 2046. See NASA's ...

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

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

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

"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies." ...

The Leonids meteor shower tends to look like it's coming from the constellation Leo the Lion and the eastern part of the sky.