On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, flew into view of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

The James Webb Space Telescope got a direct look at 2024 YR4, the asteroid once feared to strike Earth, and has determined ...

YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...