An asteroid is expected to hit Earth one day, and preparation is essential. 💥 #Asteroid #EarthImpact #SpaceSafety ...

The Madison County residents were traveling through Winslow when they stopped at the site of the asteroid impact museum along Interstate 40.

The few that end up scoring a direct hit are called meteorites. Organizations like NASA's CNEOS track thousands of these near-Earth objects. Occasionally ... planet faced much larger visitors from the ...

If it entered Earth's atmosphere over the ocean, it would be unlikely to generate a significant tsunami, even near shorelines. Could asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the Moon? Yes, there's a small chance—about 3 ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all ...

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 ...

It immediately drew attention because early calculations showed it could come very close to Earth just 2.5 million kilometers away. In space terms, that’s quite close. After further tracking, ...

Credit: Davide Bonadonna Scientists have debated a tantalizing question for decades: Were dinosaurs already on the decline before the catastrophic asteroid impact 66 million years ago? At first glance ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said on Tuesday. A team of astronomers used the Gemini South ...

New research in Sweden has uncovered perplexingly high methane emissions coming from the largest ... the meteorite impact at Siljan, which could have carried organic matter deep into the Earth ...

The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.