Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

More than 38,000 asteroids are known to be in Earth’s vicinity, including 973 “planet killers” of more than half a mile in diameter. Most pose no risk. But NASA estimates that only about 43% of nearby ...

YR4 tracked by NASA scientists was discovered in its orbit. Initial calculations projected a very low chance of hitting Earth ...

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...

YR4: Asteroid 2024 YR4 might spare Earth but it poses a threat to Moon. The asteroid that had a good chance of crashing onto ...

Although YR4 no longer poses a threat, it’s increasingly clear that Earth inhabits a dangerous neighborhood. Keeping out of ...

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

The winning numbers in Monday's drawing of the "Wisconsin Pick 3" game were: ...

Editorial written by Bloomberg Opinion Board. For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described as a ...

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

Elon Musk has insisted it is essentially a matter of life and death that we find somewhere off Earth to colonize.