"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

If you’ve ever looked up at the sky, you have almost certainly seen our moon. The Moon shines bright and large in the sky, making it a constant companion going through its phases throughout the years.

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

Folks, it's official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from ...

No, it was a meteorite. For a few brief moments today, a bright fireball lit up the midnight skies above Scotland. The meteor ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft made a pivotal encounter with the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. Capturing high-resolution images ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.