There will be no threat to Earth or the Moon’s orbit if the asteroid strikes the Moon, according to reports citing scientists. However, this could also help scientists observe impact physics and ...

A new study challenges the idea that dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact. Researchers at UCL Earth Sciences examined thousands of fossils. They found fewer accessible rocks from ...

A new study challenges the idea that they were already weakened before the devastating impact. The study is based on a meticulous examination of over 8,000 North American fossils dating from the last ...

The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula. But after analyzing deeply drilled rock core from the impact site ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid smashed into Earth, ending the reign of the dinosaurs. For nearly three decades, scientists have debated whether dinosaur species were actually ...

Follow-up observations then revealed that an impact of the asteroid could not be ruled out during its next but one encounter. For several weeks, and thus for an unusually long time, the asteroid ...

Initially, it was believed the 'city-killer' asteroid had a chance of crashing into Earth on December 22, 2032. But further analysis dropped the Earth impact probability below 1% in late February ...

Among the 8,000 fossil records examined, Ceratopsians, including horned dinosaurs like Triceratops, were the most common, which may indicate a thriving population prior to the asteroid impact.

open image in gallery Artist’s illustration of asteroid 2024 YR4 as it flies by the Earth and heads toward potential impact with the Moon (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R Proctor) It would be one of the ...

While unlikely, a lunar impact would provide researchers with an unprecedented opportunity to study how the size of an asteroid relates to the size of the crater it creates, according to the ...

Prior to the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period, it has been long indicated by fossil discoveries that dinosaurs were shrinking in numbers and diversity, reported Live Science.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is back in the spotlight ... so it is important to continue studying this rock. “The odds of an impact into the Moon have always been there. It's been lower at that time ...