A small asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, sparking moonquakes, glowing craters and meteor showers, while scientists debate whether to stop it or watch a rare cosmic experiment unfold.

A rare disruption like a major solar storm could overwhelm Earth's satellite system and trigger a debris-producing disaster ...

Astronomers have confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a risk to Earth; however, there is a 4.3% chance it will strike the Moon on December 22, 2032.Although 2024 YR4 previously noted ...

It's no understatement to say that the modern world could not function without our satellites, but they're a lot more ...

Astronomers watched a distant star dim for months and found a metal-rich cloud that may be the aftermath of a massive ...

Low-Earth orbit is more crowded—and fragile—than it looks. Satellites constantly weave past each other, burning fuel and ...

Astrophysicists are warning that low Earth orbit is reaching a critical tipping point, where satellite collisions could happen faster than previously imagined. A new metric, the ...

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...

A nearly 60 meter Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid, 2024 YR4 was spotted in 2024 whose path crosses both Earth’s and the Moon ...

Starlink encountered a near-miss with a Chinese spacecraft. It has since lowered the orbit of its Starlink satellites, but ...

When Sir Keir Starmer left for Beijing earlier this week, he probably didn’t imagine that a Chinese rocket would be threatening Britain within days.

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...