Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

Scientists have created a new 3D map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out ...

A dramatic YouTube simulation created by 3D animation wizard Alvaro Gracia ... The moon, unfortunately, could also be in the asteroid’s path; Rankin calculated that it has a 0.3% chance of ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

Despite it still having just a 2.3 per cent chance of hitting Earth, 2024 YR4 has prompted space agencies to draw up preventative measures. Astronomers believe it is between 40 and 90 metres ...

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

We might already be too late to knock ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 out of the way with a tested method, a scientist has warned. The space rock has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in in 2032, ...

The dinosaurs, of course, could do nothing about the killer asteroid, other than presumably waving their tiny arms at the oncoming doom. But if they did have a space program — and yes ...

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while astronomers warn that the moon could be in the line of fire as well.

The shocking video was created by Alvaro Gracia Montoya, who specializes in 3D animation under the name ... This theoretical asteroid is roughly the same size as Asteroid YR4, which astronomers ...

YR4 were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the size of Washington, D.C ...