Earth may briefly capture as many as six moon fragments — called minimoons — at any given time before they move on to orbit ...

Asteroids don’t always need to head straight for Earth to draw global attention. The case of asteroid 2024 YR4 is proving just that. Once flagged for a potential Earth impact, this 200-foot-wide ...

The whopping 25-kilogram Martian rock will be sold at a special natural history-themed auction at Sotheby's in New York this ...

A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare meteorite, studied by UK scientists and unveiled at a major geochemistry ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

A recently discovered asteroid has entered the limelight, putting scientists around the world on alert. According to a study ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

On May 28, China launched Tianwen-2, a robotic mission that aims to land on a tumbling near-Earth asteroid barely the size of a conference room, extract samples and send them back to Earth. Sign in by ...

Astrologer Alexandria Lettman reveals what the stars have in store for every zodiac sign's horoscope on Friday, July 11, 2025 ...

Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according ...