Sky watchers may have reason to look up this week. NASA has confirmed that two asteroids will fly past Earth on August 3. The ...

The moon causes a second phenomenon that affects Earth’s rotation on a human timescale. Beachgoers know full well that the moon’s gravity causes the seas’ daily high and low tides, and the solid Earth ...

Scientists say there's about a four per cent chance of asteroid 2024 YR4, which is the size of a football field, will crash into the moon in 2032. Heather Yourex-West explains how it would affect life ...

With an area of 77,116 square miles, South Dakota is larger than Washington, yet tiny compared to Alaska and the Moon.

A massive asteroid, named 2025 OW, resembling a 25-storey building, is approaching Earth next week. It measures about 220 ...

The moon is littered with craters similar to Daedalus, as observed by the Apollo 11 crew on the lunar far side, according to ...

NASA scientists have set out the truth about a 220-foot asteroid hurtling 'near' Earth early next week. Naturally, talk of ...

NASA announced on Wednesday (July 23) that the space rock is likely to pass close to our planet on Monday (July 28).

An asteroid the size of a 15-story building or a large airplane has been spotted, just days before it makes a close pass by ...

More recently, astronomers have proposed a theory for its volatile nature, which explains the star's seemingly erratic ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

The path of totality will carve an arc of darkness across the surface of our planet – at the height of the August tourist season ...