For a brief moment, it looked like asteroid 2024 YR4 had a real shot at hitting Earth in 2032. With its impact probability climbing to a record-breaking 3%, astronomers scrambled to refine its ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explained why he thinks asteroid could hit Earth at any time and that he wants humanity to find a 'second planet' ...

The task of protecting Earth from these fragments – leftovers from the creation of the solar system 4.6bn years ago – now ...

Two Mars gravity assists are expected, and NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally set to come home from an extended stay on the International Space Station. Here are five space ...

After dusk on Friday night, seven planets are expected to align in the night sky. But you'll need binoculars or a telescope to see them all.

It is being called a "planetary parade" as seven planets are expected to be seen in the Earth's night sky on Friday, ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth tomorrow at a thundering 29,304 miles per hour. The space rock ...

The 'planetary parade', featuring all of those in Earth's solar system, will be visible this evening, delighting those who ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's ...