A brilliant flash on the Moon's dark side, captured by Irish astronomers on December 12, 2025, likely signals a meteoroid impact. This rare event, occ ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

The Moon has always held a certain mystery, from influencing tides to inspiring mythology, poetry and scientific inquiry. For decades, astronomers have attempted to answer the same fundamental ...

A recently discovered asteroid, about the size of a small building, could strike the Moon on December 22, 2032. While the probability remains low, scientists say the potential fallout could be visible ...

One bright day on Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, everything changed. A massive object slammed into the young planet. The impact was so large that bits were flung out into space, eventually ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between ...

A piece of space debris is the focus of the closest attention of astronomers worldwide as scientists evaluate a rare, but ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded. With more than 11,000 active satellites and many thousands more expected in the coming years, as well as more than 1.2 million pieces of space debris ...