What happens when NASA crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid? Scientists thought they knew, but the results of the DART mission left them baffled! What went wrong? Watch to find out!
NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a collision is not likely.
Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...
YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...
The extreme pressure caused by a meteorite collision fractures the rock below in a branching pattern, leaving chunks that are shaped like cones, with the tapered end pointing toward the center of ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it ...
Imagine a city-sized meteorite crashing into Earth at a staggering speed. That is exactly what happened 3.5 billion years ago ...
New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...