“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor ...
The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...
Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.
When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has opened a new exhibition that takes a multidisciplinary ...
What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...
At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.
A team of researchers has uncovered a remarkably intact impact structure that is now known as the Jinlin crater.