Asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth, but here’s what would happen if it did

Objects around 150 feet wide have hit Earth before. If Asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the planet it would be a regional impact event, not impacting the whole planet. People, even a hundred miles away, might not even feel it.

Future of NASA’s mega moon rocket appears in doubt following Boeing announcement

Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, has advocated for a Mars-first strategy and has previously called planned missions to the Moon a “distraction."

Here's when to see the February 2025 full moon

February’s full moon peaks this week, illuminating the skies during the shortest month of the year. Here's what to know if you hope to see it.

Telescopes spot monster radio jet streaming from ancient quasar

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe.

Webb Space Telescope shines light on another fascinating secret of our universe

Webb's fiery image is an edge-on protoplanetary disc, known as HH 30, around a newly formed star that is hidden by the dark disc in the middle. Astronomers are looking to this cosmic object to study how stellar dust behaves.

SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 from Florida carrying Maxar 3 mission

SpaceX launched a commercial satellite from Florida on Tuesday evening. The space company had warned that one or more sonic booms could be heard across parts of Central Florida upon landing of the Falcon 9's first-stage booster.

NASA astronauts still stranded in space take first spacewalk together

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore completed a spacewalk Thursday while awaiting their delayed return to Earth. Williams set a new spacewalking record for female astronauts during the mission.

NASA's returned asteroid samples reveal building blocks for life

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned the samples from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, in 2023. It's the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon.

Trump's update on NJ drones: 'This was not the enemy'

President Donald Trump's administration has released an update on the mysterious drones spotted flying over New Jersey beginning last fall: "This was not the enemy."

Boom breaks sound barrier with American-made private supersonic jet

XB-1 hit supersonic, hypnotic speeds on Tuesday, making American aviation history. XB-1 is the first commercial aircraft to reach supersonic speeds since the British Concorde jetliner in 2003, and the first civil supersonic flight in U.S. airspace.

Comet pays once-in 160,000-year visit to Earth's nighttime skies

A recently discovered comet is making a bright debut to Earth this month, and with some effort, sky gazers might be able to see Comet ATLAS.