"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

Earth may briefly capture as many as six moon fragments — called minimoons — at any given time before they move on to orbit ...

The phenomenon of the Buck Moon in the middle of this year can be observed in the U.S., India, and several European countries ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Tuesday released images of Earth and the moon captured by the country's ...

The "city killer" asteroid YR4, roughly the size of a 10-story building, was detected in 2024 and has a 4.3% chance of ...

According to experts, if the asteroid did make contact with the moon, it would have a similar fallout to an atomic bomb.

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...