NASA has identified a significant shift in the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential ‘city killer ...
When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a four per cent chance of hitting the moon on 22 December 2032. However, fresh observations ...
The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
On Christmas Eve in 2023, a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft captured what looks like a barcode etched into the rusty ...
In February, the James Webb Space Telescope will briefly be able to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently has a 4 per ...
In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...
When you think of moons orbiting around celestial bodies, the first that naturally springs to mind is Earth's own moon. Certainly, that moon is ours – it is firmly locked within orbit around our ...
In recent days, you may have come across posts on the internet claiming that Earth now has two moons. The news went viral on social media, with people sharing images and captions publicizing that ...