Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.

Molly Wasser of NASA's Planetary Science Division said the fireball was seen at 9:37 p.m. and detected by two NASA meteor ...

If the 10 kilometer wide asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago hit just a few minutes later, would the outcome of ...

Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain the organic matter that they do ...

A nearly 60 meter Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid, 2024 YR4 was spotted in 2024 whose path crosses both Earth’s and the Moon ...

A 60-meter-wide asteroid, 2024 YR4, could collide with the Moon in December 2032, offering scientists an unprecedented chance ...

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

Keen observers reported a "massive, bright orange meteor" streaking across the sky, but one astronomer says it was likely to ...

A bright streak of light briefly crossed the night sky above Wellington, New Zealand, on 30 January, catching the attention ...

At least it's not hitting Earth, we suppose.

Victorians have woken to space junk from one of Elon Musk’s satellites falling through the sky. At about 5.27am on Tuesday ...

Scientists are monitoring a newly identified asteroid that could strike the Moon in December 2032, an event that may send ...