A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

A small asteroid, known as 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, 2025, at an altitude of only 266 miles.

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

The European space agency (ESA) signed a deal worth 129 million euros ($154 million) on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for ...

An asteroid recently made the second closest pass to Earth ever observed on October 1st. And astronomers only found it after it had already completed its closest approach. That offers another lesson ...

A new focus of attention has settled over the night sky: asteroid 2024 YR4, about 60 meters in diameter, could collide with the Moon on December 22, 2032, with an estimated probability of around 4.3%.

Learn how astronomers spotted 2025 TF, an asteroid that passed just 266 miles over Antarctica in early October 2025.

When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find themselves in an unexpected treasure trove of clues that could help scientists ...

Apophis was first discovered in 2004, and appeared that it could potentially impact earth in 2029, 2036, or 2068 ...

After decades of debate, scientists have finally confirmed that the mysterious Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was created by a massive asteroid impact around 45 million years ago. Credit: ...