The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

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A new observation estimates that the space rock measures 60 meters and has a 2% chance of impacting the satellite ...

A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity has only just recovered from the near-miss of asteroid YR4, which ...

Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 amid concerns that it could collide with the Moon in 2032. While the asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth, new ...

They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

The ancient crater’s discovery in the Pilbara suggests meteorite impacts may have kickstarted Earth's first continents, and ...

This discovery challenges our understanding of Earth’s early history and could shed light on the origins of life.