Don't forget to look up into the night sky this month. October features several celestial events worthy of your gaze. Comets, meteor showers and a supermoon will all be competing for your attention.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite a stir last year when it was discovered and originally calculated to have a 3% chance of hitting Earth. Since then models have been refined and while it no longer has a ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While Earth may no ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 TF, skimmed past Earth closer than many satellites and was photographed by the Catalina Sky Survey and ESA's planetary defense programs.

This month’s Orionid Meteor Shower might be your best bet for a strong shooting star show in 2025. Here's the best time to pause and look up.

Instead, a team of researchers that includes NASA scientists have put forth the bold idea of launching nuclear bombs at an asteroid with a slight chance of hitting the moon in 2032. The asteroid in ...