There are some weather phenomena that are more surprising than others, but without a doubt, the eruption of lava in ...

A (Small) Pre-Emptive Strike Against the Doomsday Asteroid With the DART mission, scientists try to prepare for Earth’s worst catastrophe.

On May 9, a stadium-sized potentially hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth, and you can watch the flyby happen in real time courtesy of a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. The main ...

500 feet (140 meters): Colliding with Earth about once every 20,000 years, these asteroids create craters between 3,000 and 7,000 feet (1 to 2 kilometers) in diameter.

This is large enough to cause localized devastation near its impact site, likely on the order of the Tunguska event of 1908, which leveled some 500 square miles (1,287 square kilometers) of forest ...

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has doubled within the last few weeks, just like something out of a sci-fi movie. The asteroid, big enough to wipe out an ...

New reports suggest that the city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the Moon instead of Earth when it passes by again in 2032.

Scientists also believe that if this asteroid falls on Earth, it could generate energy more powerful than 500 atomic bombs. Hence, one can gauge the level of destruction that could occur.

NASA has detected an asteroid the size of an airplane heading toward Earth for a close approach. Named 2025 BX1, the 150-foot-wide space rock is racing through space at an astonishing 37,074 km/h ...

Was 2020’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ accurate? Find out what NASA revealed about an asteroid that will approach Earth in 2032.

WASHINGTON: Bennu, a rocky object that is categorised as a near-Earth asteroid, is currently around 186,000 miles (299,000 km) distance from Earth, its closest. With a one in 2,700 possibility of ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 km) away. It might come even ...