An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

The number 40,000 might not sound particularly dramatic, but it represents humanity's growing catalog of near-Earth asteroids ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

It is by far India’s most famous and only fully confirmed meteorite crater lake. Located in the basaltic Deccan Traps, this ...

"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies." ...