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Learn about 2024 YR4, the asteroid with a 4 percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032, and the possible timeline of effects that could follow.

The space rock is hurtling toward the Earth at a zippy 8,478 miles per hour miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Asteroid impact explains lunar asymmetry It has also been proposed in the new study that a massive event of this kind would cause several volatile elements (i.e., elements with relatively low boiling ...

A long, long, long time ago, what would one day become Iowa was hit by space rock with so much force that it rearranged the very foundation of the planet. In fact, this tiny town in Iowa has the claim ...

The impact of the asteroid 66 million years ago did not stop life from returning to normal for very long. New research shows that life, particularly marine life, recovered much more quickly than ...

Abstract: As lunar exploration missions advance in scope and complexity, the scientific investigation of impact craters has emerged as a pivotal element in deciphering the Moon's evolutionary history ...

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center FBI agent in Minneapolis involved in Renee Good probe resigns Scientists ...

An AI-driven study using a massive global fossil dataset shows the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused only a small drop in shark and ray species A groundbreaking new study using advanced ...