While Earth was famously hit by a meteor that killed off the dinosaurs, many others have also hit our planet, many of them ...

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 ...

Scientists initially proposed two possibilities. Either the meteorite entered in an extremely unusual way, or it was moved by ...

Good news: It's probably not going to hit Earth anymore. Bad news: It still could hit the moon — and some astronomers think NASA should blow it up. An asteroid that could be as big as the Statue of ...

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

MCALLEN, Texas (KABB) — NASA confirmed that a 1000-pound meteor entered the atmosphere on February 15. According to NASA, the meteor was seen at around 5:23 p.m. near McAllen, Texas. The meteor's ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high speed, estimated at roughly 78,000 mph, the meteorite could have left a ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Cal. -- Northern California officials are looking into the possibility that a meteorite destroyed a home in Nevada County Friday night. The house caught fire after several witnesses ...