New Delhi: After sending chills down their spines with its brief stint as the highest-risk space object ever recorded, a near-Earth asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now prompted astronomers to turn ...

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid, thought to be ...

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is no longer a threat, but it could strike the moon, according to scientists. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

"Should the asteroid impact the moon, the Earth-moon system could be clouded with particles detached from the moon and the asteroid, potentially threatening the human space infrastructure and ...

Earth's oceans may have displayed a very different color several billion years ago. This hypothesis emerges from a recent study conducted by a Japanese team. Researchers from Nagoya University ...

Most of the Western Hemisphere should see the moon change color as it passes through the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, or umbra, according to NASA. When the moon passes through this part of ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Most ominously, while Earth is still safe from the menacing asteroid, the odds that our celestial neighbor, the moon, could be impacted have only continued to climb. James Webb Space Telescope ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched ... Though the term suggests a color, Blue Moons aren’t truly blue. Very occasionally, atmospheric conditions ...

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...