The chance that an asteroid capable of wiping out a city will hit Earth in eight years has been cut in half to around 1.5 ...

Workers pose for a group photo as they celebrate the completion of the drilling of "Shenditake 1," an ultra-deep borehole ...

As dark moonless skies make new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 possible, its orbit is being refined — and the impact ...

China's first ultra-deep scientific exploration well, Shenditake 1, was completed at a depth of 10,910 meters, making it the ...

Nasa estimates that an impact from this asteroid could release energy comparable to 7.7 megatons of TNT, significantly more ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...

Scientists in Chile are proving that even in the driest desert, water can be captured from the air. By setting up mesh ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...

Astronomers are closely tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) that has a 2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. While the probability remains low, scientists stress ...

Science enthusiasts are closely watching asteroid 2024 YR4, the most hazardous asteroid ever detected. Westmont College ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. NASA has calculated that the ...