A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, ...

Space is big. Disturbingly big. And most of the time, it goes about its business without us paying much attention. But every so often, something out there catches scientists’ eyes in a way that stops ...

Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles, and boom: total ...

Sloths are the slowest mammals of all, but asteroid 2026 HX3 is anything but that – both in terms of being slow and in terms ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032, ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. For a brief time, the space rock called "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most ...

A week after the asteroid impact, rotting vegetation, smoke and sulphur create a stinky planet. Plant and animal survivors ...