The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...

The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

New research shows that meteoroid impacts on Mars generate seismic signals that travel much deeper than previously thought, ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

An impact with Earth would cause a massive explosion and impact crater, astronomers say. The asteroid, known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, was first reported to the Minor Planet Center on Dec. 27 ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

An undated artistic rendering shows an asteroid or comet striking near the Moon's south pole about 3.8 billion years ago, an impact that carved out two large craters. Photo: Reuters The Grand Canyon ...