In December 2024, astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock that routinely crosses Earth's orbit. Observations ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

This same asteroid, once regarded as the highest-impact threat to Earth ever recorded, is now shifting attention to our lunar ...

Tiny glass beads from Apollo missions reveal Moon's ancient volcanic eruptions through sparkling mineral coatings.

The Tianwen-2 probe has sent a self-portrait as it heads toward one of the most enigmatic objects in our space neighborhood: ...

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...

Discovered on May 19 by astronomers at the MAP project in Chile's Atacama Desert, 2025 KF has an estimated diameter between 32 and 75 feet (10 to 23 meters) Despite its proximity, NASA confirms that ...

It also poses no risk of impacting the moon, missing Earth's natural satellite ... of its close approach. Asteroid 2025 KF is estimated to have a diameter ranging between 32 and 75 feet (10 ...

The method relies on Doppler and range measurements between orbiting probes and Earth’s antennas ... like the tidal flexing of the Moon, or through space, like a wobbling asteroid,” said Park. “Vesta ...

When an asteroid struck Earth some 66 million years ago ... rebounded even as rainfall declined during the Little Ice Age between the 14th and mid-19th centuries. The fossil pollen shows how ...