"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

Artwork: The impact ... Asteroid Day Prof Morgan pictured with some of the rock samples drilled from beneath the Gulf of Mexico An independent group earlier this year used a global climate model ...

This is only the eighth time ever that a small earth-bound asteroid has been seen just before impact, but the accomplishment is quickly becoming more common. The asteroid was only about a meter in ...

Some scientists maintain that the fracture pattern in these quartz crystals could only have been caused by a massive asteroid or comet impact. The pattern is prevalent in quartz found at or near ...

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to ... than previously estimated in numerical models. This suggests a milder "impact winter" than previously believed, leading ...

If they contain traces of rocks from Mars, then that would suggest they formed from impact ejecta, but if their composition is more like an asteroid, then it could support Kegerreis' model.

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to ... than previously estimated in numerical models. This suggests a milder "impact winter" than previously believed, leading ...

When an international team of scientists studied that map, they found a 16-mile-wide, bowl-like depression - it looked like a giant asteroid impact crater. The scientists wanted to be sure ...