New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...

For a brief moment, asteroid 2024 YR4 had scientists on edge, with its impact probability climbing as high as 2.8%—enough to capture global attention. But thanks to rapid observations and advanced ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

It’s very rare that planetary geologists can tell whether it was an asteroid or comet that hit. One of the most recent and best-preserved craters on Earth is the 1.2 km in diameter Meteor Crater ...

Earlier this month we brought you news that an asteroid named 2024 YR4 could hit ... how the size of objects in space is estimated here on Earth. For example, estimates suggest 2024 YR4 is between ...

Panic over: the ‘city killer’ asteroid at risk of slamming into Earth ... The rock was like a ‘bullet zeroing in on Earth from deep space’, travelling at around 17 kilometres per second ...

If such an asteroid were to hit the center of London you could expect ... This would pose no threat to people on Earth, but would generate a sizable impact crater on our planet’s only natural ...