YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

June 30 is Asteroid Day, which honors the Tunguska event in Russia 117 years ago and teaches about asteroids and their ...

Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

Experts know from past experiments that djerfisherite can be created when potassium-rich fluids and iron-nickel sulfides ...

The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

In 2032, a potential meteor shower could occur if asteroid 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon, raising significant interest among ...

JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the ...

Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...