Previously, the hardest diamonds known have been found only in asteroid and meteoroid impact craters. For instance, lonsdaleite was first discovered in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1967.

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.

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

NASA on Feb. 24 said, "There is no significant potential for this asteroid to impact our planet for the next century." The asteroid 2024 YR4 is now rated at Level 0 out of 10 on the Torino Impact ...

Chinese scientists have created a ‘super diamond’ 40% harder and far more durable than natural ones. Experts say the creation could lead to breakthroughs across several key industries that ...

The new data is in. "NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 as an impact threat to Earth for the foreseeable future," the space agency said in an update on Feb. 24.

SPACE (KXAN) — We’re seven years away from a possible asteroid impact on Earth. The asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-43 chance of striking the Earth and is the size of Cinderella’s Castle at ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...