Chinese scientists say soil and rocks taken from the moon’s far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing ...

The first samples returned from the far side of the Moon suggest it's 10-100 times drier than the side nearer Earth.

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

Furthermore, the findings bolster the theory that the moon formed when a giant, Mars -size protoplanet slammed into the young ...

Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see ...

Chinese scientists have discovered that the moon's mantle contains less water on the lunar farside than on the nearside, ...

However, recent observations made by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found that the asteroid could still smash into the Moon. It now has a 3.8 per cent chance of a lunar strike, up from a 1.8 per ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope in Chile.

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter, a region not known to produce Earth -crossing asteroids, according to a ...