An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet.

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...

HH 30, a fascinating Herbig-Haro object, serves as a cosmic laboratory for studying star formation and planetary evolution.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has sent back its first starry image, a significant milestone as it makes its way toward Jupiter’s moon Europa. The image, released by NASA this week, is a mosaic of a ...

YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Extraterrestrial landers sent to gather samples from the surface of distant moons and planets have limited time and battery ...