February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

“Serpent Mound is the largest serpent effigy built anywhere on the planet Earth,” O’Grady said. “Serpent Mound is built up on ...

For an hour, HERA flew as close as 5,600 kilometers from the Martian surface, at a speed of 33,480 kilometers an hour. It ...

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

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

The good news is that an asteroid the size of YR4 is likely to hit Earth only once every few thousand ... Or we could move the asteroid out of the way. In 2022, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid ...

but fresh observations now indicate it will likely pass by Earth. Scientists emphasize improved planetary defense, citing Nasa’s 2022 Dart mission. New telescopes will further enhance asteroid ...

But if it hits Earth, the impact from a meteorite ... Enter NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2022, which diverted an asteroid twice the size of Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...