YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid that briefly made headlines last year due to a small but non-zero chance that it may hit the ...

On December 27, 2024, astronomers detected a new asteroid, 2024 YR4, that briefly became the most closely watched space rock ...

We may have found a way to stave off armageddon. Spanish Scientists might have made it infinitely easier to spot space rocks heading for Earth — by calculating the gravitational bending of light to ...

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are ...

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The Geminids — among the few major meteor showers to come from asteroids — peak on Friday. It's one of the year's last chances to see fireballs in the sky. The shower often produces meteors with a ...

INTERNATIONAL (KXAN) — On June 30, 1908, an asteroid approximately 70 meters in diameter crashed in the wilds of the Tunguska region of Russia. The collision produced a 12-megaton explosion, ...

An extraordinary celestial event could unfold in the night sky in less than a decade if an asteroid passing Earth collides with the Moon. The impact of asteroid 2024 YR4 into the lunar surface would ...

Hundreds watched in awe Sunday night as a fireball streaked across the mid-Atlantic. The fireball, which was an exceptionally bright meteor, first became visible 47 miles above the Maryland town of ...

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