The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

YR₄ is no longer a threat to Earth, but the moon is not yet safe. Even observations from space have not changed this.

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

NASA's $1.4 billion NEO Surveyor telescope aims to detect and monitor dangerous asteroids, providing early warnings to ...

The asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth - but new calculations suggest a notable chance of a lunar impact.

NASA's $1.4 billion NEO Surveyor space telescope is designed to spot and track potentially hazardous asteroids, offering ...

NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we’ve missed.

Scientists say Saturday’s solar event will be most visible in the northeastern United States, Greenland and eastern Canada, ...

Was a meteorite seen over California? A streak of light was visible in the Bay Area on Monday night and appeared like a space ...

My childhood fascination with the night sky led me to study astronomy and physics at university. By my second year, I was ...

Eclipses are one of the most spectacular astronomical phenomena that can be observed in the sky, and there are two types: solar and lunar. The solar eclipse transforms day into nig ...

British rock band The Beatles put out a song titled ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. The song’s letters, LSD, were said at ...