A leading gravitational wave observatory recently detected ripples in spacetime that scientists say came from the collision of a dead, superdense stellar remnant and an unknown object. The stellar ...

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The asteroid — which was initially discovered in December 2024 — is large enough to destroy a whole city, according to scientists Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as ...

Scientists have discovered that mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts (FRBs) may be created when asteroids slam into ultradense extreme dead stars called neutron stars. Such a collision ...

A rare collision between a celestial object and Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet, was recently captured by an amateur astronomer. The impact occurred on August 29, at 1:45 am Japan Standard ...

In a scientific first, astronomers have witnessed two objects violently colliding in space, the impact generating a dusty debris cloud reminiscent of cosmic fireworks. The collision occurred 25 ...

CHICAGO -- A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a "small chance" of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine's Day in 2046, ...

The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth has changed yet again, according to scientists. The asteroid, which was first reported in December 2024 and is large enough to destroy an entire ...