Fears have grown about the asteroid since it was first spotted and expert astronomers admitted it has a chance of hitting Earth.

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

A professor of planetary astronomy at the University of Edinburgh has spoken on Asteroid 2024 YR4 - a massive space object that is said to 'plummeting' towards Earth.

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

“Currently, everything that goes into Earth’s orbit is built on the surface and sent into space on rockets. They have tightly limited mass and volumes and can shake themselves to pieces during launch ...

About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to ...

A species of giant dinosaur has been identified from lost photos after its original fossils were destroyed during ... 160,000 years. The comet made its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday ...

G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.

It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our ...