Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it ...

Earth' planet named HD 20794 d, which could have conditions suitable for lifeThe planet has a mass six times greater than ...

The odds of “city killer” asteroid 2024-YR4 playing a game of cosmic dodgeball with Earth in 2032 just keep bouncing around. In December 2024, astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

More than 38,000 asteroids are known to be in Earth’s vicinity, including 973 “planet killers” of more than half a mile in diameter. Most pose no risk. But NASA estimates that only about 43% of nearby ...