Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...
YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...
Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.
Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...
YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...
Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...
When American astronauts go back to the moon in the next few years, they'll be checking out two enormous canyons on the south pole, which researchers say were carved by an asteroid nearly four billion ...
The vast valleys of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck demonstrate the incredible forces that shaped the face of the Moon.
New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial planets, helping scientists piece together the chaotic history of our solar ...
Scientists from South Korea have conducted simulations of a potential impact of asteroid Bennu on Earth in the year 2182. As ...
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