The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

On December 22nd, 2032, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of actually striking the Moon. If it does, it will release ...

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There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by ...

The impact of the asteroid in present-day Yucatan wiped out almost all life on Earth. It recovered faster than previously ...

A close-up view of a portion of a "relatively fresh" crater, looking southeast, as photographed during the third Apollo 15 lunar surface ...

The city’s architecture travels through time and continents, incorporating everything from slabs of the Italian Alps to meteorites that hit southern Africa 2bn years ago ...

Learn how the emergence of new plankton species started life's swift recovery after the asteroid impact that killed most ...

Athos Salome, dubbed the 'Living Nostradamus', has predicted a range of major world events with uncanny accuracy - and he has ...

How Earth got its water may trace back to its original building blocks. Apollo Moon soil shows meteorites added only a small ...

Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at ...

A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery.