An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don't run for cover just yet.

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...