Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

A CHILLING simulation video has revealed the devastating impact a ‘city-killer’ asteroid would have if it hit Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently being monitored by experts over a ...

Can America survive this meteor shower? Maybe — if we stay focused, get organized, show up, support good candidates, write ...

One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck the ...

About 35 million years ago, an asteroid struck the ocean off the East Coast of North America, leaving behind a massive impact ...

Bennu, which comes closest to Earth every six years at a distance of 299,000 km, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with ...

The impact of a Bennu-sized object — a medium-sized asteroid ... An asteroid estimated at 6-9 miles (10-15 km) wide hit off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, eradicating ...

The gigantic cataclysm, which released energy 130 times more powerful than the detonation of the entire world’s atomic ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater. Tektites are natural glass formed when debris falls back to Earth after a ...

This conclusion gained further traction with the discovery of the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán Peninsula, approximately 180 kilometers in diameter, indicating an impact of colossal proportions. The ...

Founder and Executive director of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University Paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara joins WIRED ...