Two house-sized asteroids, 2026 GA2 and 2026 GT, will safely pass Earth on April 16, 2026. NASA confirms both flybys are harmless, though the rare double asteroid event highlights ongoing space ...

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope into space to find them.

The 12 scientists who have died or gone missing all appeared to have ties to nuclear or space programs and, in some cases, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There could be a catastrophic threat lurking in space right now. We might not know until it’s too late. Near Earth, there are ...

Scientists at the Rubin Observatory have identified nearly 11,000 asteroids, including hundreds beyond Neptune and 33 previously unknown near-Earth asteroids.

NASA is tracking a 91-foot asteroid, 2026 FV6, set to make a safe close approach to Earth on April 13, 2026. Despite its size ...

The peak of pollen season brings to the sky something less painful—the Lyrids, or the first wave of shooting stars in spring.

Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus on ...

Astronomers have identified 100 new asteroids, with some on a trajectory that brings them alarmingly close to our planet. While most asteroids pass by harmlessly, a few of these require careful ...

When you make your own homemade arcade in the house, you need a classic arcade machine, some neon lights, maybe a handheld ...

Observations conducted with the Subaru Telescope and its first-generation wide-field camera, Suprime-Cam, have revealed new insights into the relationship between the color and size of Jupiter Trojan ...