“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Because the moon’s cycles are known to influence natural phenomena like the tides, many people believe that lunar phases also influence human emotions, behaviors, and health. Learn what research ...

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first spotted in 2024 and was initially feared to be on a collision course with Earth.

An asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032 could trigger a gigantic explosion that would send debris streaming ...

Earth might soon witness what could be the shortest day since 1973. The planet would possibly perform the fastest-ever ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Tides in Puget Sound will reach one of their lowest heights all year mid-week, so get out there looking for geoducks. Just ...

Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.

"Honestly, it's been a little devastating," Kevin Hardegree-Ullman, a scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at ...

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...

Everything in space—from Earth and the sun to black holes—accounts for just 15% of all matter in the universe. The rest of ...