Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on the Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout Earth’s history and still occur on other planetary bodies today. While ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other ...

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary ...

Officially known as 2025 OW, the asteroid is reportedly 220 feet big. According to NASA's schedule, it will pass Earth on ...

New research links the impact at Meteor Crater to a Grand Canyon landslide that may have created an ancient lake 56,000 years ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

"NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 as an impact threat to Earth for the foreseeable future," the space agency said in an update on Feb. 24.

From a geological time perspective, kilometer-sized celestial bodies collide with the Earth on a regular basis. About 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid stretching over 10 kilometers in ...

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists ...