A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in space monitoring.

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

Astronomers at the University of Washington recently discovered a record-breaking asteroid using early images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, Azernews reports, citing foreign media.

The Moon might be getting some attention in 2032. A small asteroid, roughly 60 metres wide, could smack it. Experts say the odds are low, about 4 percent, but that’s not zero. And that little number ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, a small asteroid that will shadow Earth’s orbit for more ...

After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study ...

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.