Most people are aware that an asteroid wiped out much of life on Earth around 65 million years ago, and this knowledge ...

Some cosmic impacts are loud, fiery, and leave unmistakable craters. Others are quieter in geological terms, yet no less ...

In the new study, researchers set out to calculate just how likely it is that an asteroid could hit Earth during the average ...

A new study finds that dying from an asteroid impact is more likely than dying from rabies, though both are rare. The ...

Scientists are monitoring a recently discovered asteroid which could potentially hit the Moon - and calculating its likely consequences on Earth.

The Moon, unlike Earth, lacks an atmosphere to absorb or deflect impact debris. A direct hit from YR4 could create a crater nearly 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) wide, comparable to Arizona’s Meteor Crater.

A meteorite, older than Earth itself, crashed through a Georgia home. Estimated to be 4.56 billion years old, this ancient ...

The latest data on asteroid 2024 YR4 has scientists confident that Earth is no longer in the bullseye. However the enormous ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...

The rock ended its space-faring days striking Earth's atmosphere, heating up and exploding in a spectacular fireball as it ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. It now poses a threat to the moon, rather than Earth.