The moon gets hit by space debris all the time, but some of it is so large that the impact generates light that can be seen ...

The threat of a civilization-ending asteroid hitting the Earth is well-known — as a plethora of Hollywood movies on the subject has demonstrated. But there is a less-known threa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, ...

An impact this large is very rare.

NASA said earlier this month that an asteroid that at one point had a 4% chance of hitting the moon will miss the lunar ...

(CNN) — The possibility that a huge space rock — once deemed the riskiest asteroid ever observed — could hit the moon now appears to be off the table. Discovered at the end of December 2024, asteroid ...

The 2026 Lyrid meteor shower peaks tonight with shooting stars and zooming fireballs. Here's where, when, what time, how to ...

The Lyrids meteor shower peaks the night of April 21 into the early morning of April 22. Here's how to see it.

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

Discovered at the end of December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 at first seemed a serious threat to Earth, with scientists estimating as much as a 3.1% chance of it impacting our planet on December 22, 2032 ...