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

Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an ...

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

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.

Psyche! You could be a billionaire soon. An asteroid discovered by NASA has the potential to set every human for life with ...

Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star located in the constellation Orion, has emerged as one of the night sky's most watched ...

Mercury, Venus, and Saturn put on an early-evening display in the west, while Jupiter dominates the rest of the night.

A bus-size asteroid is racing through space on a trajectory that will bring it close to Earth, and NASA is watching it with the kind of precision that has turned near misses into routine science ...

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.

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 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once a potential threat to Earth, could hit the Moon in 2032, creating a 1 km crater, a bright flash visible from Earth, and a possible meteor shower, scientists say.

An asteroid which risks colliding with the moon in just years could produce "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history", scientists say. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which at one ...