Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...

A Q&A with Lindley Johnson, a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...

NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...

About 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, along with around 70% of all ...

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...

A massive asteroid, 2023 KU, will pass earth on Friday around 9.05 pm, said NASA, adding the 370 feet long asteroid travels ...

KU is about 113 metres wide, nearly as tall as a 35-storey building. It is currently travelling at over 64,800 kilometres per ...

Dinosaurs were thriving before the asteroid hit Fossil and Climate data show no signs of decline Catastrophic impact caused abrupt mass extinction ...

Drugmakers' stocks in Europe and India slipped on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated plans for a "major" ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday, including massive 104% ...