Learn about the plane-sized asteroid that will pass by Earth the week of July 28, 2025, and find out how astronauts can track ...

The Moon, unlike Earth, lacks an atmosphere to absorb or deflect impact debris. A direct hit from YR4 could create a crater nearly 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) wide, comparable to Arizona’s Meteor Crater.

Space is a place of endless fascination and mysteries, but our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon, has always felt distant ...

The first asteroid, officially named (2025 OJ1), is estimated to be around 300 feet wide, while the second is 2019 CO1,  sizable at around 200 feet.

Sky watchers may have reason to look up this week. NASA has confirmed that two asteroids will fly past Earth on August 3. The ...

NASA has detected two large near-Earth asteroids, named 2025 OA3 and 2025 PA, both set to make their closest approach to our ...

Scientists are monitoring a recently discovered asteroid which could potentially hit the Moon - and calculating its likely consequences on Earth.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, roughly the size of a 15-story building, has a slim chance of striking the Moon in 2032, potentially ...

These strange objects could explain how water arrived on Earth, but may also be a previously unrecognised threat to our ...

Together, DART and Hera lay the foundations for future planetary protection missions. Focusing on asteroids that could pose harm to our planet, these missions require planning and execution at short ...

Depending on how forceful the impact is, bits of the Moon could be ejected into space. Some of those fragments might get ...

After a scientist claimed a 'hostile alien threat' could attack Earth within months NASA has weighed in on the situation.