NASA is closely tracking a large, 110-foot asteroid named 2025 OL1, which is currently heading towards Earth at a speed of nearly 17,000 miles per hour.

"Up to 10% of the lunar ejecta could reach Earth within days," said Paul Wiegert, a planetary scientist and lead author of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, roughly the size of a 15-story building, has a slim chance of striking the Moon in 2032, potentially ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon, it would create a crater more than half a mile in diameter (1 km), becoming the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to the study. Current ...

An extraordinary celestial event could unfold in the night sky in less than a decade if an asteroid passing Earth collides with the Moon. The impact of asteroid 2024 YR4 into the lunar surface would ...

Pacific Science Center will close for more than a month after Labor Day to dismantle its animatronic dinosaurs. Here’s why.

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

A new study by astronomers at the University of Western Ontario suggests and asteroid strike in 2032 could create hundreds of ...

The latest data on asteroid 2024 YR4 has scientists confident that Earth is no longer in the bullseye. However the enormous ...

On July 28, 2025, asteroid 2025 OW, about 210 feet across, will pass Earth at a safe distance of 393,000 miles. NASA assures ...