YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

This research helps us understand the violent nature of cosmic collisions and their role in shaping planetary landscapes. By ...

The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...

Identified by astronomers in August 2024 near Earth, a small space rock is likely a fragment of the moon that broke off ...

The vast valleys of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck demonstrate the incredible forces that shaped the face of the Moon.

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...

Billions of years ago, an asteroid or comet struck the Moon, creating two huge canyons ... offers important insights into the forces that shape planets and moons. The quick creation of Vallis ...