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

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

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, ...

Or so hear members of Parliament in the UK UK lawmakers have learned there is no international protocol for making decisions ...

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

When the 7.5-mile-wide Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago, it killed most living creatures within ...

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

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

A COLOSSAL asteroid on a collision course with the Moon could damage thousands of satellites and send shrapnel blasting ...

YR4 may strike the moon in 2032, posing risks to satellites from lunar ejecta and possibly causing a brief meteor shower.

An asteroid the size of a 10-story building could now make impact with the moon, which would global communications and ...

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