If Asteroid 2024 YR4 collides with the Moon on December 22, 2032, the energy released would be comparable to that of a medium-sized thermonuclear weapon. This impact would be six orders of magnitude ...

Late last year, a newly discovered asteroid caused quite a stir when initial observations revealed a greater than 1% chance that it would strike the Earth in 2032. The medium-sized asteroid, dubbed ...

Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a threat to our planet. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s concept shows a small meteoroid striking the surface of Earth’s moon. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty ...

View from the Grand Canyon's South Rim onto Nankoweap Delta. Remnants of a past natural dam created by a landslide are visible on the far side of the Colorado River, just to the left of the dry bed of ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...