Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

The premiere of the film “Earth and Moon” (Yer və Ay) was held on December 7 at the Nizami Cinema Center as part of the ATA ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's ...

The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of September. An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon ...

Ready or not, 2024 YR4 is coming to an orbit near you. Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while astronomers warn ...

Hakuto-r captures a rare “terrestrial sunrise” during a total eclipse just before crashing into the Moon, revealing the ...

Looking for Near-Earth objects (NEOs) has demonstrated a simple fact: there are a lot of rocks in space, and many of them ...

Starting today through Nov. 25, Earth will have a temporary companion — a mini-moon. Technically, it’s not a real moon but rather a 37-foot asteroid called “2024 PT5” believed to be from the Arjuna ...

Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...