Astronomers were slow at spotting a small giraffe-sized asteroid that zoomed past our planet on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, ...

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

Meteor impacts are one of the few natural disasters that can arrive without warning, crossing the final kilometers of ...

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...

The meteor was seen by several witnesses when it landed in late June. Several witnesses were in shock earlier this summer when a meteorite landed in Georgia. The space rock exploded over Georgia, ...

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Imagine sitting in your living room when a piece of space rock older than Earth itself comes crashing through your roof. That’s exactly what happened to one unlucky homeowner in McDonough, Georgia, ...