Fragments of a World War Two bomb that was discovered in a housing development in Newtownards in August 2024 are now on ...
We might already be too late to knock ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 out of the way with a tested method, a scientist has ...
CHINA is assembling a planetary defence team after a giant “city-killer” asteroid was discovered hurtling towards Earth. The ...
About 35 million years ago, an asteroid struck the ocean off the East Coast of North America, leaving behind a massive impact ...
The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.
On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion occurred in Tunguska, Siberia, flattening 80 million trees. Scientists now believe it ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...
It is as wide as the wing span of a 747 and has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting the Earth when it arrives in 2032. David Moore of ...
Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...
These radiate out from the bright spot that is Tycho Crater. "On a clear, clear night, Tycho, which is a little bit below the equator, has beautiful white rays," says Kring. "Those white rays are the ...
Meteor Crater in Arizona is believed to ... On 15 February 2013, a small asteroid (likely about 18 meters in diameter) ...