International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.

Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know. ... track every single potentially hazardous asteroid and comet found to date. ... 2024 YR4 was at the top of that list, ...

An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big ...

What If. What If the Largest Asteroid Hit Earth? Posted: December 15, 2024 | Last updated: March 5, 2025. Watch the full episode: Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before.

Comet Encke is the so-called parent comet of the Taurid meteors. It’s relatively small, just over 3 miles (almost 5 kilometers) in diameter, and crosses inside Earth’s orbit and back out every ...

In the latest season of 'Ancient Apocalypse', controversial author Graham Hancock argues that a huge comet struck Earth 12,000 years ago and destroyed an ancient civilisation.

But now, it looks like comet may be back off the menu, after a significant coronal mass ejection was hurled by the Sun towards it, and Earth, on Monday. Sunspot AR3842 producing a coronal mass ...

This October, the astronomy world will be abuzz with night-sky happenings, from a bright and potentially naked-eye-visible comet sighting and a ring-of-fire solar eclipse to multiple meteor ...

An asteroid impacted Earth today, but it didn’t do any damage. The asteroid in question was known as 2024 RW1. It was first detected early on September 4, 2024, just hours before it slammed into ...