Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit the moon in 2032, is now expected to safely miss the lunar surface by about 13,000 miles, according to recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The magnetic fields are more than a thousand times stronger than the magnetic field used in MRI machines.

Earth's shadow follows the planet as it orbits the sun. You can get a sense of its enormous, awe-inspiring size by seeing ...

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Launched in 2021 on the world’s first planetary defense exercise, the Dart spacecraft deliberately plowed into Dimorphos, which orbits a bigger asteroid, Didymos, as they circle the sun together. The ...

After years of debate, researchers have determined that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid ...

New research shows structure is one of Earth’s rare impact craters after massive asteroid struck region millions of years ago ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3 ...

The aerospace company Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, announced a partnership with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology to develop an innovative planetary ...