Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that ...

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

Learn about 2024 YR4, the asteroid with a 4 percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032, and the possible timeline of effects that could follow.

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Armageddon might not have a reputation as a scientifically accurate film. But scientists now say the Hollywood blockbuster ...

A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

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A new study shows that the event that wiped out the dinosaurs caused only a small drop in shark and ray species at the same ...

The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.