Why do we have a special day to celebrate space rocks? On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion over Tunguska in Siberia ...

Asteroid 4 Vesta is stationary at 3 P.M. EDT. Now located in the constellation Virgo, Vesta is mid-6th-magnitude — easy to find in just a few minutes from any location using binoculars or a ...

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but it's nothing compared to the towering giants scattered across our ...

Asteroids, often overlooked, hold vital clues about our solar system's formation and potential future. Missions like ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies, Vesta and Ceres. But what did it do and discover while it was there?

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.