We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of ...

A decades-long mystery beneath the North Sea has finally been solved. Scientists have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, ...

Study led by Heriot-Watt University and published in Nature Communications dates the buried North Sea crater to an asteroid ...

In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft violently smashed into a tiny asteroid as a test of planetary defense. Now, a new probe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about ...

Researchers in the United States are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear ...

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will ...

Dinosaurs and crocodilians popped up around the same time roughly 245 million years ago, but only one group survived the asteroid impact 65 million years ago (avian dinosaurs, aside). But why?

NASA experts have confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 could potentially collide with Earth. In response, the United Nations activated the Planetary Security Protocol for the first time in history ...

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall has been discovered that could strike Earth in 2032. It’s triggered a rare warning by the International Asteroid Warning Network, which ...