What happens when NASA crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid? Scientists thought they knew, but the results of the DART mission left them baffled! What went wrong? Watch to find out!

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a collision is not likely.

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

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and given a 3% probability of colliding with Earth. It’s approximately the size of a jumbo jet and ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

NASA’s DART mission tested asteroid deflection. Scientists analyzed ejecta patterns, momentum transfer, and deflection ...

You may have heard about the possible asteroid collision in 2032. First reports of a potential impact have a lot of uncertainty, so Kevin Kopchynski, STEM Curator at the Springfield ...

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