Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

An asteroid impact would be devastating for Earth, but certain types of space rocks can be even more damaging, as, instead of ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid with a diameter of 10 to 15 km hit the earth. The scale of this collision is one of the three in the history of the earth, and is thought to have been the cause ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists reveal how the DART mission asteroid impact blasted 35 million pounds of debris and changed Dimorphos’ orbit. (CREDIT: ...

This image made available by the University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system, shows an arrow where asteroid 2024 YR4 would be, on Dec. 27, 2024. (ATLAS / University of Hawaii / NASA via AP) ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working out ways to prevent a potential impact. Reading time 3 minutes Asteroid 2024 ...

Scientists are war-gaming humanity's worst nightmare: an asteroid with Earth's name on it. In April 2024, nearly 100 planetary defence experts gathered at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic slam occurred at a ...

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on ...

An asteroid impact about 66 million years ago caused massive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, incredibly large tsunamis, rapid temperature rises and cooling due to the lack of sunlight. This mass ...