On December 22, 2032, a sixty-metre-wide asteroid may strike the Moon. If this happens, it will not only produce a visible flash, easily spotted from Earth, but will likely be followed by periodic ...

Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least Scientists have ruled out the possibility that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 might hit the Moon on December 22, 2032.… Previous analyses had ...

A NASA planetary expert has revealed that humankind has no way to protect against a city-killer asteroid if it were to head ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s concept shows a small meteoroid striking the surface of Earth’s moon. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty ...

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta ...

The idea of an asteroid hitting Earth can be a scary one, but it can be pretty hard to comprehend just how scary such an impact might potentially be. To put things in context, many people who have ...