Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an ...

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 ...

A new study appears to have found evidence of a binary pair of asteroids transferring material to each other, the first ...

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.

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 ...

The China National Space Administration plans to launch the asteroid sample-return mission TianWen-2 with the target being the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3. The TianWen-2 spacecraft mainly focuses on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An asteroid previously thought to be heading towards Earth ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In a research article recently published in Space: Science & Technology, researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the distribution of scattered waves and signal power alterations ...

A massive asteroid slammed into the southern North Sea between 43 and 46 million years ago, producing a 330-foot tsunami that would have surged toward ancient coastlines near what is now Hull, England ...