“Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as ‘hit and run’ or ‘graze and merge,’” said Denton, a NASA postdoctoral program fellow at the Southwest Research Institute in ...

The scientific community is on alert after the discovery of the asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, by the ATLAS ...

Despite the collision, the dwarf planet and moon would have remained mostly intact. “Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as ‘hit and run’ or ‘graze and merge.’ What we’ve ...

offering fresh insights into planetary evolution. For decades, scientists believed Charon formed through a massive collision similar to the one that created Earth’s moon. In this scenario ...

The likelihood of a giant asteroid striking Earth in 2032 has increased, According to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu poses a potential threat of collision with Earth. New research shows that an impact could cause drastic climate changes, leading to 'impact winter' and severe ozone ...