On the Webb telescope, 18 hexagonal mirrors combine to form a massive primary mirror that is 21 feet (6.5 meters) across. The ...

Stories are what the entertainment industry is built on. Usually, they all follow the heroes’ journey; a set path that the ...

Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to the European Space Agency.

Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to the European Space Agency.

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 ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered. The IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

The asteroid also contained 19 amino acids that don’t encode any proteins known to life on Earth. Surprisingly, some of these amino acids exist in a mirror world. Amino acids on Earth are only ...

It might sound like a scene right out of the latest science-fiction blockbuster. But scientists now say that there is a very real chance Earth will be hit by a 'city killer' asteroid on December 2 ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of hitting Earth in about eight years. Such an impact has the potential for city-level devastation ...

A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, is drawing global attention after updated calculations increased its chance of hitting Earth in 2032. First spotted on December 27, 2024, by Chile’s Rio ...