See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

A vivid green fireball that exploded over the southern U.S. on Oct. 14 may have been a shard of the Comet 2P/Encke.

This possibility also raises concerns about Earth’s safety. Although it is unlikely that the ejected debris would reach our planet—considering the Moon’s gravity and the vast distances involved—any ...

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 ...

This artist’s concept shows a small meteoroid striking the surface of Earth’s moon. For a brief few weeks in early 2025, astronomers were worried about the asteroid 2024 YR4. Happily, follow-up ...

The claim that the world's biggest impact crater is in Mexico was false. The video does not show the world's biggest impact crater or even a crater in Mexico; it's a video of a volcanic crater, ...

Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.