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The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

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Scientists have made a surprising discovery inside a tiny grain from the asteroid Ryugu that could change what we thought we ...

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Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...

Webb's final snapshot of asteroid 2024 YR4 fine-tuned its orbit—raising Moon impact odds slightly, but Earth is safe.

The asteroid that had people fearful for their lives is now very unlikely to strike the planet,... but scientists reveal it ...

We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesn't mean they ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites ...