YR₄ is no longer a direct threat to us, but it could still hit the moon. Researchers have determined what this would mean for ...

A COLOSSAL asteroid on a collision course with the Moon could damage thousands of satellites and send shrapnel blasting ...

YR4 may strike the moon in 2032, posing risks to satellites from lunar ejecta and possibly causing a brief meteor shower.

NASA fired up a full-duration test of its new RS-25 engine that will power the Space Launch System rocket on Artemis missions ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

RSCC - Ted Stryk, Roane State Associate Professor of Philosophy and English, had an asteroid named in his honor upon ...

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...