Learn about the latest update on asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 3.8 percent chance to impact the Moon.

Astronomers have spotted signs that Betelgeuse, the closest supergiant star to Earth, could be about to explode as a ...

On the more playful side, MIT students work together on “team builds,” such as the Combat Robotics Club and the First Nations Launch team. All clubs fall under the purview of the Edgerton Center where ...

At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-earth creativity. Professor Erik Demaine ’s work in computational origami blends art and mathematics to solve intricate problems, ...

The changes of an asteroid hitting the moon on Dec. 22, 2023 have increased. Learn what the experts say will happen if the ...

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a decrease in the asteroid's size, adjusting it from previously estimated dimensions of 131-295 feet (40-90 meters) to 174-220 feet (53 ...

The possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 has virtually no chance of hitting Earth, but higher chance of hitting the moon.

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

He documented the phenomena of sprites and blue jets, which occur in the upper atmosphere above thunderstorms. The post ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...