Scientists have identified the Bennu asteroid threat as the highest single-date impact probability for any known asteroid. The post Bennu Asteroid Could Hit Earth and Would Have Impact of 22 Atomic ...

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, ...

About the size of an adult blue whale, the asteroid will be even closer to Earth than the moon on Monday evening. Asteroid 2026JH2 will pass Earth Monday, closer than the moon but poses no threat.

A 3-billion-year-old impact structure in Western Australia rewrites what scientists know about Earth’s earliest and most violent chapter. Deep in the ancient rock country of Western Australia, ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus. Reading time 2 minutes A large rocky asteroid will make a close approach to ...

Did you know that Arizona is home to the world's best-preserved meteorite impact site? The Meteor Crater Natural Landmark is ...

Here's one less thing to worry about—or to look forward to: NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032. Last year, the uncertainty surrounding the space ...