What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

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 ...

However, recent observations made by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found that the asteroid could still smash into the Moon. It now has a 3.8 per cent chance of a lunar strike, up from a 1.8 per ...

YR4, which recently caused concern over the possibility of it impacting Earth, has been the subject of extensive tracking ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope ...

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