Thankfully, based on current calculations, the probability of a civilization-ending asteroid impact, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, is very low within our lifetimes.

Bennu and 1950 DA are two asteroids that are often believed to hit Earth within the next hundred years. Let’s see: Asteroid 1950 DA was discovered in 1950. It has a size of 0.68 miles (1.1 ...

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

Most recently, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) obtained samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu. In addition to confirming ...

However, keen-eyed players have noticed something unusual—a seventh, hidden section that doesn’t appear in the current rotation ... potentially inspired by Asteroid M Marvel or Doom Eternal maps.

New York Jets free agent quarterback Justin Fields has gone to a much more enviable location amid the NFL free agent chaos ... agree to a deal may depend on how the latter feels about the current ...

Anne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, will soon be working with NASA to take a closer look at Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Verbiscer is one of eight ...

In that 2021 study, the research team suggested that the megaripples, which have an average height of 52 feet (16 meters) and an average wavelength (from one crest of a wave to the next) of 1,970 ...

The dinosaurs, of course, could do nothing about the killer asteroid, other than presumably waving their tiny arms at the oncoming doom. But if they did have a space program — and yes ...

Legendary punk rocker Brian James has died. He was 70. A post announcing his death was shared to his Facebook page. “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of one of the true ...

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GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide wi ...