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 ...

A new study challenges the belief that dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact that ended their reign. Analysing 18 million years of fossil data, researchers argue that apparent drops ...

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Yet, for a brief period of time, the world got a sense of what it could be like to know an asteroid is coming ... second solely to the infamous 99942 Apophis, which ranked 4 on the same scale.

The team used the telescope to capture images of the asteroid in multiple different wavelengths. Detailed analysis of the asteroid's lightcurve, its pattern of light and output in time ...

open image in gallery Artist’s illustration of asteroid 2024 YR4 as it flies by the Earth and heads toward potential impact with the Moon (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R Proctor) It would be one of the ...

An asteroid that could be the size of a 10-storey building will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon have doubled. Asteroid 2024 YR4 briefly had a small chance of ...

South Korean officials expressed the country's "strong will" to host the 2036 Summer Games during a visit to International Olympic Committee headquarters this week, sports chiefs said on Wednesday.

You can follow her on X or Instagram at @melissafleura. NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five other space ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 holds the record for the highest Earth impact probability for an asteroid larger than 30 meters (90 feet). The last record holder was asteroid Apophis in 2004, which briefly had a ...