Scientists consider a handful of physically plausible scenarios that could destroy or sterilize Earth from the outside in. Massive asteroid or comet impacts deliver kinetic energy capable of ...

NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a ...

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

I/ATLAS fuels a global security row as the CIA issues a 'Glomar' response to records requests. Is the interstellar object a ...

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever ...

NASA is closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4 after scientists identified a potential lunar impact path in 2032. While it won’t destroy the Moon, the event could reshape its surface and change how ...

Space is bustling with rocks and dust, and occasionally, larger asteroids capture public attention. One such asteroid, 2023 XM15, will approach Earth on January 7, 2026 and NASA reports that this ...

This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, seen by the ONC-T camera on board of Hayabusa2. Source - ISAS/JAXA, CC SA 4.0. This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, ...

Some physicists believe that a fifth fundamental force could be the cause of some observational anomalies. A study is investigating ways to closely examine the trajectories of well-documented ...

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.