Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

Earth is still collecting scars from space, and scientists are only now learning to read them properly. Newly mapped impact ...

In the middle of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert lies something that looks straight out of a nightmare. The Door to Hell which is a massive, burning cra.

Building on this discovery, Chinese scientists have developed a new lunar crater chronology model. The model allows for ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.

Earth is about 94 million miles from the Sun. That’s within the Goldilocks zone: the place in our solar system where a planet ...

As of Saturday, Feb. 7, the Moon phase is Waning Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 71% of the Moon will be lit ...

The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.

Their findings were presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) 2026, where scientists outlined how detailed terrain analysis helped narrow down potential landing zones.

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

The findings come in the background of data obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover that revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks, altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that ...

NASA's Perseverance rover discovered rocks on Mars, providing new evidence the red planet was once a wet, habitable world ...