Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...

Huge 'city-killer' asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032 and spark 'massive consequences' NASA has said the 10-storey YR4 asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032, sparking global communication chaos.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, is back in the spotlight — this time due to a slight increase in the chance that it could impact the moon in 2032.

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It ...

The object gained an official name, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, on Wednesday. Moving at a record-setting speed for an interstellar ...

This indicated it likely originated in the solar system’s main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and was pushed into its current near-Earth orbit by gravitational interactions with Jupiter.

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.