New Yorkers rate the Big Apple 's quality of life such as public safety, cleanliness and mass transit significantly worse than the pre--pandemic period -- and just slightly better than two years ...

As a local living in New York City, I see tourists make a lot of the same mistakes when riding the subway, taking photos, and getting around the city.

Los Tigres del Norte were honored in New York City by having a street named in their honor ahead of the band's upcoming show at Madison Square Garden.

It seems humanity can breathe a slight sigh of relief for now, as NASA has reduced the chance of a 'city-killer' asteroid colliding with Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 – which was only discovered back ...

In a post on X (Twitter), NASA shared new ground-based telescope observations of the rock, which is estimated be about 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 metres) across.

By comparison, a collision with the 500-metre-wide asteroid Bennu would release enough dust into the atmosphere to trigger an 'impact winter' which would drop global temperatures by 4˚C (7.2˚F).

"If you put it over Paris, London, or New York, you wipe out the whole city and some of the environs," said Betts. The best modern comparison is the 1908 Tunguska Event, when an asteroid or comet ...

By contrast, 2024 YR4 falls into the "city killer" category. "If you put it over Paris or London or New York, you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs," said Betts.

It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but the wait is proving to be worth it. A new study published January 29 ...

A menacing asteroid named Apophis is projected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029. Scientists have long ruled it out as an impact threat, but they still hope to study it.