YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect us. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins AP ...

A treat awaits sky gazers in the month of March – the moon will take on a deep, reddish hue as it slips into the Earth's ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

“We’re looking at the most aggressively anti-science government the United States has ever had,” astronomer Phil Plait told ...

Emporia State University's Peterson Planetarium is all about asteroids in March, with a focus on one asteroid in particular.

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

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

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter ...