A11pI3Z is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered, and astronomers can’t say yet whether it is a comet or a ...

"The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4%, and this ...

Images of Earth and the moon captured by the Tianwen 2 robotic probe are released on Tuesday by the China National Space ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

A massive meteor crater in northern Arizona continues to attract visitors and spark curiosity about space and science, ...

The asteroid, also known as 469219 Kamo'oalewa, orbits the sun, so it remains a constant companion of Earth. It is too ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

I knew that the engineering team leaned toward an overabundance of caution: They didn’t want the asteroid’s rugged surface to jeopardize the spacecraft during extraction of the sample. But the science ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

On 13 April 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass safely at a distance of about 32,000 kilometers above Earth's surface, within the geostationary orbit, posing no threat to the planet.