A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

As technology advances, so does our ability to track celestial bodies that could pose a threat to our planet. In this vein, the asteroid 2024 YR4, dubbed the 'City Killer,' has garnered notice due to ...

They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

According to Live Science, astronomers estimate a 1.7% probability that the asteroid will strike the lunar surface on December 22, 2032. Such a collision could result in a crater up to two ...

THE world's oldest-known crater from an asteroid smash 3.5 billion years ago has been discovered in the Australian outback. The ancient hole, near the town of Marble Bar, north-west Australia, was ...

The Earth bears geologic evidence of past cosmic impacts, such as the 125-mile-wide Chixculub Crater in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, which was the likely impact site of the 6-mile-wide asteroid ...

Aerial perspective showing Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater, Western Australia ... indistinguishable” from old rock beds in South Africa, according to the study. "[T]he tremendous amount of energy ...

An asteroid big enough to wipe out an entire city crashed to Earth 50,000 years ago in what is now northern Arizona. It left a crater that was three quarters of a mile wide and 600 feet deep.