Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

An asteroid roughly the size of a small city may slam into the Moon in 2032, and if it does, the blast could hurl clouds of lunar rock into space and toward Earth. Scientists say the odds of a direct ...

It's one of the best annual meteor shows on Earth: the Geminids Meteor Shower. Observed since the late 19th century, the Geminids peak between Dec 12 and 14 this year, with the shower phase continuing ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 53–67 meter wide object discovered by Chile's ATLAS telescope in late 2024, poses a significant threat ...

It could be the largest lunar impact event in 5,000 years.If it hits in December 2032, asteroid 2024 YR4 — believed to be 60 ...

Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a day ...

An asteroid is headed straight toward Earth. Initially, scientists thought it would miss us, but they've made some serious ...

A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

"We are excited to be able to confirm that the object is a true chondrite meteorite," said the chair of TCNJ's physics department. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, New Jersey -- Experts at The College of New Jersey ...