A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has shifted from a near term scare to a slow burning celestial drama. Instead of slamming into our planet, ...

A new study using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) has revealed that the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. On June 30, 1908, an asteroid about 65 meters wide collided with Earth’s ...

There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows the creation of an asteroid family. Ejected fragments from catastrophic collisions of asteroids between ...

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 ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has identified asteroid 2025 MN45, a 710-meter object spinning at an unprecedented rate of once every 1.88 minutes. This discovery challenges existing models of asteroid ...

Astronomers are on the brink of witnessing a cosmic event that could redefine our understanding of lunar impacts. In 2032, there is a possibility that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will collide with the Moon, ...