A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

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

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

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.

and if the asteroid does veer off on a collision course with Earth, there are few ways to combat it. According to estimates, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, had the highest chance of any asteroid ...

Scientists have created a new 3D map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out ...

Scientists scanning the Moon’s lunar rugged surface have made an unexpected discovery—two enormous canyons, each plunging 2.2 ...

Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as the so-called "city killer." "This one got a lot of attention because it rose to a threat level that we just have not seen ...

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