An asteroid nearly the size of a football field ... If all else fails, the long warning time means authorities could evacuate the impact zone. "Nobody should be scared about this," said Fast.

It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

However, if it impacts the Earth, the asteroid will create a good-sized crater and kill anyone unlucky enough to be in the vicinity of the impact zone. The explosive force would be the equivalent ...

How about evacuating people from the impact zone? We're developing ways to protect the planet. NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) showed that a relatively small mass can deter an ...

Some 50,000 years ago, a meteor struck near what is now Flagstaff, Arizona, leaving a 560-foot-deep crater. More recently, an ...

A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system shows the motion of ... [+] asteroid 2024 YR4 over about one hour, Dec. 27, 2024. (ATLAS / University of Hawaii ...

NASA has announced that the 540-foot-wide asteroid 2014 TN17 will pass Earth on March 26, 2025. Despite the pass being 5 ...

A 500-foot- wide space rock could inflict mass casualties across a state or a small country; those arrive every 20,000 years.

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field ... If all else fails, the long warning time means authorities could evacuate the impact zone. "Nobody should be scared about this," said Fast.