A CHILLING simulation video has revealed the devastating impact a ‘city-killer’ asteroid would have if it hit Earth. Asteroid ...

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 ...

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 ...

YR4, an asteroid that currently has a more than 1 percent chance to hit the Earth in 2032, catching the attention of ...

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 to answer the internet's questions about the phenomenon of extinction. ...

Key events include the Tunguska Event, the Chelyabinsk Event, the Barringer Crater, the Chesapeake Bay ... While just the idea of an asteroid impact seems like the stuff of science fiction ...