The night sky across Houston briefly flashed Saturday night, followed by a sonic boom. It was caused by a meteor, which have ...

A meteorite hits a house in Germany after crossing Europe, surprising scientists and challenging detection systems.

Of all the asteroids that have imperiled the planet, 2024 YR4 is unparalleled. Soon after it was spotted in December 2024, worldwide telescopic observations quickly positioned it as the most dangerous ...

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

A loud "boom" was reported across Northeast Ohio just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

In 1998, Bruce Willis saved the world by blowing up an asteroid threat in “Armageddon.” In 2022, NASA did the real thing, crashing a spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos to prove that we don’t have to ...

Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3 ...