The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

More than 50,000 years ago, a meteor hit Earth and formed what we now call Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. But new ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid may come close to Earth, but how do experts calculate this potential impact?

An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to the European Space Agency, but some scientists are suggesting it could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a plan ripped straight from the script of the 1998 movie "Armageddon," scientists have suggested a simple, if violent, method ...

A 140-foot asteroid is set to sweep past Earth today, and it seems everyone is taking notice. Astronomers have been tracking the space rock, officiall.

An asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere last Friday. Astronomers were able to precisely determine where it was going to strike. And despite seeing it just two hours before impact, its small size meant it ...

MCALLEN, Texas (KABB) — NASA confirmed that a 1000-pound meteor entered the atmosphere on February 15. According to NASA, the meteor was seen at around 5:23 p.m. near McAllen, Texas. The meteor's ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to ...