The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

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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 John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

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.

A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from United States national security planners, not because of its economic promise, but because of the technical problems it is ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.

Learn about 2024 YR4, the asteroid with a 4 percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032, and the possible timeline of effects that could follow.

Deep in the leaf litter of Hispaniola lives a creature that defies modern evolutionary logic. The Hispaniolan solenodon ...

Some of the universe’s biggest changes are already underway, even if no one alive today will see the outcome ...

Chang’e 5 lunar samples analyzed with quantum sensors clarify how ancient lunar dynamo activity and asteroid impacts jointly produced the Moon’s remnant magnetism.

When Juno passed behind Jupiter from Earth's perspective, its radio signal traveled through the planet's atmosphere before ...