New simulations reveal that the infamous “city killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with “bullet-like” debris if it hits…
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A yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) Dante Fenolio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A small, secretive group of lizards that still exists…
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Mysterious night lizards survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, and…
Read More »The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken its final look at the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4, at least…
Read More »About 66 million years ago — perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May — an asteroid smashed into our…
Read More »Asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, is back in the spotlight — this…
Read More »China has released a first picture of its Tianwen 2 mission as the spacecraft heads for a near-Earth asteroid. Tianwen…
Read More »This week’s science news started off with a bang as Europe’s largest active volcano erupted Monday morning (June 2), spewing…
Read More »Once feared as a threat to Earth, the asteroid Apophis is now considered to pose a rare exploration opportunity —…
Read More »China is ready to launch a mission to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid. Propellant was being loaded into a…
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