Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

“The probability of an asteroid hitting Earth is low, but the consequences ... witnessed an asteroid exploding in the atmosphere. If an asteroid landed on the ocean, the destruction wouldn ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there's still time to worry about bad things arriving from above. The most ...

Recently the asteroid 2024 YR4 ... utilize to assess the threats posed by near-Earth objects on a scale of 0 (no threat) to 10 (will definitely hit Earth and destroy all life).

NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.

Last year, astronomers detected the near-earth asteroid (NEA ... "It is a potentially hazardous asteroid that may still hit the moon in 2032, and even if it doesn't, it could certainly become ...

Since December, Moskovitz had the Lowell Discovery Telescope trained on the 2024 YR4 asteroid. Scientists at one point projected it had about a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. 2024 YR4 is now ...

There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there's still time to worry about bad things arriving from above.