Video: Simulation of an asteroid impact that triggered a North Sea tsunami 43 million years ago. New research recreates the asteroid strike that carved the Silverpit crater and un ...

If the world wasn't scary enough already, we're also regularly warned that a gigantic asteroid might come crashing into our home planet. If an asteroid were to crash into the sea, it would likely ...

A new study appears to have found evidence of a binary pair of asteroids transferring material to each other, the first direct evidence of such events. If you aren't too hot on asteroids, you might ...

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

The asteroid, designated 2026 EG1, will make its closest approach at 11:27 p.m. EDT on March 12 (03:27 GMT on March 13), News ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer headed for Earth, but the fear it caused has astronomers worried about scare tones in the media. The asteroid initially had an approximate 3% chance for impact with ...

Humanity has taken a 'notable step forward' in its ability to deflect asteroids heading towards Earth, a new study reveals.

Scientists have created a new map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, revealing further the events that led to the devastating mass ...

Ever wondered how those weird, floating \"snowmen\" way out in the deep freeze of the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune's orbit ...

Metropolitan Police requested the ban for this specific pro-Iranian procession 'because of the impact of the volatile ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) has barely begun observations and is already wowing us. Images like its Cosmic Treasure Chest have us anticipating even more cosmic glory. And when the observatory ...