YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

NASA confirms that asteroid 2025 MW91, estimated to be 140 feet across, will make its closest approach on 5 July.

The recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 has caught astronomers' attention for an unexpected reason. While the risk of ...

NASA’s DART mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos to test planetary defense. But weeks later, its orbit kept ...

An asteroid discovered last year and briefly thought to be a threat to Earth has a one-in-23 chance of hitting the Moon, ...

Astronomers discovered 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object moving at over 60 km/s towards the Sun. It's the third known object ...

It’s fortunate for us there are no giant meat-eating birds, but you must admit it would be rather cool, at least if their ...

An asteroid has been named after 19th century astronomer Annie Walker, Cambridge’s first professional female astronomer.

Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

On this week's episode of the Best of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald: lizard bubble breathing, ancient puberty, zapping an ...

The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...