Meteor craters are incredible reminders of the powerful forces of nature and the history of our planet. These massive impact ...

Today in the history of astronomy, a remarkably round, young, and well-preserved impact crater is sighted in Canada.

But astronomers now say that that science is telling them the asteroid will most likely miss Earth. But our planet is not ...

we estimated that the primary impacting asteroid had a size of roughly 2.5 — 3.1 miles in diameter and formed a crater some 31 — 40 miles in diameter. Such an impact is really devastating ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...

Learn about the increased impact probability of 2024 YR4, an asteroid that has a small chance to hit the Moon in 2032.

After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, though not an Earth threat, now poses a collision risk to the Moon. Scientists estimate a 4.3% chance of ...

YR4, once feared to be on a collision course with Earth, now has an extremely low chance of impact. However, scientists warn that it could strike the Moon in 2032, creating a large crater and ...

YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of ...

"Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to be observed with space-based or ground-based telescopes," NASA added in a statement ...