Something is about to smack into the moon—and no, it’s not asteroid 2024 YR4. It’s a part of a SpaceX rocket. And while the ...

On Aug. 5, 2026, an abandoned piece of space junk is predicted to crash into the moon near a spot called Einstein Crater.

A dead SpaceX rocket stage is hurtling toward the moon and astronomers want the world watching when it hits.

Amid surging lunar exploration, the UN on Monday urged governments to ensure that humanity's return to the Moon does not come ...

In two weeks, a SpaceX rocket stage will impact the moon; it will likely not be visible on Earth. A NASA orbiter will check ...

Skywatchers should not expect much of a show. Although the moon will be above the horizon for parts of the eastern United States and Canada at the time of the predicted impact, Gray says the flash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A piece of a SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon, and researchers have already pinpointed exactly where and when ...

Alastair Bonnett's forthcoming book New Ruins looks at how the debris of our disposable culture is changing the world. In this extract, he focuses on space junk ...

Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the Moon. Now it has more than 15,000 – about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The world’s first trillionaire plans to launch one ...

"Decades of rapidly expanding space activity have shown that each launch leaves an environmental footprint, and it can take a long time to understand the impact fully. This is why it is so crucial to ...

Astronomers have a plan to observe an errant piece of a SpaceX rocket as it hits the moon to better understand impact events ...