The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

It’s a reminder that Earth ... force of Jupiter. The interactions with Jupiter can perturb asteroid orbits and cause collisions. This results in debris, which can aggregate into rubble pile ...

In astrophysics there’s a similar concept called gravity displayed recently when something pretty sizable crashed into Jupiter, creating a flash that was seen by telescopes on Earth. The ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

Estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, the asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032. The object, classified as a near-Earth asteroid because its ...

An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

To look into Jupiter's past ... with a planetary embryo about 10 times more massive than Earth," Liu said. The core of that crashing planet would have then merged with Jupiter's core.

Icy moon Ganymede—which JUICE will orbit—appears as a gray, mottled orb crossing the face of Jupiter ... into the Ganymede to be destroyed, largely to prevent it accidentally crashing ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...