While tiny and weighing less than a gram (0.035 ounces), they can reach tremendous speeds and generate a significant force of impact ... Bernal Spheres, and wheel stations that would take ...

February, asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted and originally believed to have a 3.1 per cent of hitting Earth in 2032. Further calculations revealed this was not the case.

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the ... the Earth in the past to form meteorite impact craters. It's very rare that ...

Estimates had put it between 40-90 metres wide (130-300ft). "While this asteroid no longer poses a significant impact hazard to Earth, 2024 YR4 provided an invaluable opportunity" for study ...

However, there is a 1.7% chance that it could impact the moon. In 2013, a small asteroid, just 60 feet wide, exploded over Russia, injuring more than 1,600 people. An asteroid big enough to wipe ...

The fear of a massive asteroid impact has eased. A football field-sized asteroid once seen as a threat is now unlikely to hit Earth in 2032. Scientists have closely tracked its path, and new data ...

impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes observatory captured imagery of the impact from the French island of La Reunion. Meanwhile, the first imagery from ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. Since its discovery, the asteroid gained global attention ...