Just how scientifically accurate is Ridley Scott's adaptation of The Martian? As it turns out, it's pretty darn accurate!

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.

By this means we are obtaining a continuous history of the changes in the spots and faculffi on its face more accurate and more ... cold atmosphere around the sun, outside of the luminous matter ...

Stay informed with CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter for exciting updates on cosmic discoveries and scientific breakthroughs. Astronomers have identified an asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, which poses ...

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

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Revolutionary technique allows astronomers to capture incredibly high-resolution images of distant galaxies and supermassive black holes.