A really large asteroid strike likely contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. So we shouldn’t be too surprised that ...
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...
The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll ...
Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure ...
A building-sized asteroid found in 2024 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. For the first time ever, a planetary defense response is planning how to deal with the asteroid. If it did strike ...
YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...
Astronomers identified a potentially hazardous asteroid traveling 38,700 mph, measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, and a ...
A newly discovered 100-meter-wide asteroid has triggered Earth's planetary defense systems for the first time, with a 1.3% ...
YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...
Scientists around the world are watching asteroid 2024 YR4 closely as NASA and European Space Agency officials say the ...
New insights from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission have unveiled intriguing clues about the potential origins of life on Earth. The mission, which launched in Septembe ...
Astronomers have spotted a space rock, an estimated 200 feet in length, that they say just may be headed for Earth.