The impact of a Bennu-sized object — a medium-sized asteroid — on Earth's land surface would generate a powerful shockwave, earthquakes, wildfires and thermal radiation, leave a gaping crater and ...

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 newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...

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 about three-quarters of the world's species and ending the age ...

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

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football ... rather than leaving a crater on the ground. "We can calculate the energy... using the mass and the speed ...

Around half as wide as a football field, the “meteor crater size” rock could approach Earth just before Christmas 2032. Early estimates indicate that December 22 of that year could be when it ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Did you know there’s a secret oasis tucked away inside a volcanic crater just off the coast of Mexico? This breathtaking marvel, famously dubbed the Hidden Beach, has intrigued explorers and ...

Since early January, astronomers have used the Magdalena Ridge Observatory in New Mexico, the Danish Telescope and the Very Large Telescope in Chile to track the asteroid, which is currently more ...