Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say - Nasa expects chances of Earth collision to be ...

The origin of the Moon has fascinated scientists for decades. The most widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

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

Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...