Today, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is casually ...

"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles ...

Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded by literally tons of space debris daily. The larger ...

NASA has warned that a giant asteroid the size of a 10-story building ... and so with this predicted path won’t come close enough to hit the Earth,” Jess Lee, an astronomer at the Royal ...

Now, some experts have revealed that the lost asteroid could hit Earth in 2024. It’s not a definitive impact by any means, as the asteroid’s path cannot be wholly determined since it has been ...

Asteroid 2024 XN1, a space rock the size of about a 10-story building, is fast approaching planet Earth with a velocity of 14 ...

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the ...

The study focused on eruptions on the Indian peninsula 30,000 years before the asteroid hit. They threw dust and gases into the atmosphere, cooling the planet by 5C. But its effects, minor ...

This advancement could provide crucial early warnings about incoming asteroids, allowing for timely intervention or acceptance of our fate.

Christmas time is always a big hit around the world and has a major impact - commercially, that is. But this Christmas asteroid is one gift you won't find under your tree or in your stocking ...

In September 2022, the Nasa Dart mission hit the small asteroid moon Dimorphos and changed its trajectory, as the first test of “kinetic impactor” technology designed to deflect asteroids.