Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is 520 feet across. On a cosmic scale, it will ...

A new study suggests a massive northern asteroid impact billions of years ago made the Moon's surface radioactive, significantly influencing its geology.

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.

A skyscraper-sized asteroid just buzzed past Earth — and yep, we’re somehow still here to talk about it. In what ...

The impact that carved out the South Pole-Aitken basin on the moon appears to have come from the north, not the south as previously thought – and NASA’s upcoming mission could investigate further ...

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