Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

THE football-sized asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

In 1908, a larger explosion took place over Tunguska, Russian Siberia, a remote region where huge areas of forest were ...

The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. The explosion over the city of Chelyabinsk, on Friday injured ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

MOSCOW, February 16 (Itar-Tass) - Divers have not found meteorite traces in Lake Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk Region, Russian Emergencies Ministry spokeswoman Irina Rossius told Itar-Tass.

MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaking in late July may not be seen in Russia because of the waxing moon, the press service of Moscow’s Planetarium told TASS ...

The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with a force of 40 Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Damage stretched for 500 square kilometers, destroying 7,200 building and injuring over 1,400 people in its ...

In 2013, something similar happened when an asteroid the size of a house exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia. It smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured more than a thousand people.