What if the biggest asteroid hit Earth? This video explores the potential consequences of a massive asteroid impact, ...

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, has less than a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Its impact probability will continue to be refined as more data is collected. NASA said that the possibility of the ...

Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

An artist's imagining of a saprotrophic fungus. (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) In the wake of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State ...

The moon is approximately 238,855 miles from Earth. On Monday, May 18, newly-discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 is going to zoom past Earth at a distance of ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. For a brief time, the space rock called "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most ...

Debris from an Earth-bound asteroid may still be a problem – if it hits the Moon Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles, and boom: ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. For a brief time, the space rock called "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most ...