NASA says it's aware of an asteroid with a "very small chance" of hitting Earth in seven years. It's raised questions about what scientists could do to divert a threatening asteroid — and who would be ...
Billionaire Elon Musk is known for pushing forward with outlandish takeover bids. He just made his next move. From video game king to the world’s richest man. There has never been anyone quite like ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...
While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...
YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.
Some species of birds like geese save energy by flying in close formation. Airliners could use a similar trick to burn less ...
Unusual weather patterns and climate change have been driving stark changes in the northwestern state. Now, new satellite ...
A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...
The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
The residential area shifted toward the Pacific Ocean as much as 4 inches — per week — during a four-week period last fall.