NASA lost track of an asteroid back in 2007, and in 2024, that same asteroid could have hit Earth. It passed by harmlessly, ...

A rare type of meteorite discovered in Mali is revealing a multibillion-year tale of lunar catastrophes. With its unique ...

A lunar meteorite preserves records of three ancient impacts, linking collision histories across Earth, the Moon, and Vesta.

NASA has discovered a new asteroid, 2024 YR4, which has the highest impact probability on record, with a 1 in 25,000 chance ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State ...

With the meteorite falling into 100 feet of water and likely having magnetic properties, a space rock hunter can recover it ...

Earth’s earliest chapter is mostly gone. Rocks from the planet’s first few billion years have been eroded, buried, recycled, ...

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, has less than a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Its impact probability will continue to be refined as more data is collected. NASA said that the possibility of the ...

A sonic boom shook Boston and the larger New England area with the force of 230 tons of TNT. The source came from outer space ...

A bright streak of light explodes above the glowing slopes of Mayon Volcano at 10:33 p.m. on May 25, 2026. (afarTV/YouTube) ...