The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has recorded repeated collisions between asteroids in the planetary system surrounding the star Fomalhaut, located approximately 25 light-years from Earth in the ...

Turn your attention skyward Saturday evening and you should be able to catch the peak of the annual Geminids meteor shower. The yellow dancing streaks light up the night sky every December with ...

Like its predecessor, “Wicked: For Good” more than doubles the runtime of Act II of the Broadway musical that inspired it. But unlike the first “Wicked” film, the sequel makes big additions to the ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Frankenstein was first published over 200 years ago, but Mary Shelley's Gothic novel has more ...

Asteroid Itokawa, pictured here, is a “rubble pile,” a loose conglomeration of rocks held together by mutual gravity. New research suggests it is possible to determine the internal character of ...