A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

The Moon might be getting some attention in 2032. A small asteroid, roughly 60 metres wide, could smack it. Experts say the ...

Earth is facing two major natural threats: one from deep space and one from beneath our feet. In this playlist, we look at NASA’s latest warning about a giant asteroid that may one day cross paths ...

After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% of all species on Earth were wiped out, including the dinosaurs. Among ...

Early images of the asteroid come from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. There's no chance of it hitting Earth, astronomers say; the huge asteroid is about 200 million miles away.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one rotation ...

Since the Moon's formation, asteroid impacts have been the dominant exogenous geological process, creating craters and basins across its surface and profoundly altering its topography and geochemical ...

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

Apple TV is loaded with fantastic sci-fi shows, but one of their coolest is taking a page out of the classic anime playbook ...

The new Lego Galaxy themed land featuring an indoor roller coaster ride through the dark and a pair of outer space-themed ...