YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.

After sending chills down their spines with its brief stint as the highest-risk space object ever recorded, a near-Earth ...

Recent findings about asteroid 2024 YR4 highlight its potential dangers, not just to Earth but also to the Moon. This article delves into the fascinating observations made by the James Webb Space ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.

At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-earth creativity. Professor Erik Demaine ’s work in computational origami blends art and mathematics to solve intricate problems, ...

Professor Janis said, "The vegetational habitat was more important for the course of Cretaceous mammalian evolution than any ...

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

YR4 was discovered on December 27, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) based in Chile. Initially labeled as a potentially hazardous object, its odds of striking Earth ...

Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3% chance of smacking Earth in 2032.

Markets were anticipating a good, bad or an ugly scenario on tariffs and this reciprocal tariff is leaning more into the ugly scenario.' US stock futures sank and the euro paired gains late on ...