New research suggests a massive asteroid impact may have caused Earth’s first great flood, releasing unimaginable amounts of ...

An international team is currently closely tracking the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4. The impact probability estimates for the year 2032 has been reduced from a peak of 3 percent to below 0.001 ...

The early calculations predicted an impact probability of 1.3% with Earth on December 22nd, 2032, and estimated its size to be between 40 and 90 meters. These estimates gave the asteroid a Torino ...

A new study challenges the idea that dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact. Researchers at UCL Earth Sciences examined thousands of fossils. They found fewer accessible rocks from ...

In a new update, the space agency has increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth, with the probability of impact rising to 3.1 per cent or one-in-32 odds of impact — the ...

2024 YR4 has a small chance of smacking into the Moon when the asteroid next flies close to Earth in December 2032. "While an Earth impact by 2024 YR4 on December 22, 2032 has now been ruled out," the ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made the discovery after completing the first of two planned observations of asteroid 2024 YR4. “While an Earth impact by 2024 YR4 on December 22 ...

April 3 (UPI) --NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is the size of a 10-story building and is now more likely to make impact with the moon. Designated as near ...

NASA said that info from the James Webb Telescope showed that asteroid 2024 YR4 is the size of a 10-story building and increased its likelihood to make impact with the moon. Photo courtesy NASA ...