Scientists have created a new 3D map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The study, published in the journal Marine Geology, reveals ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...

For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to ...

Asteroid 2023 BU will make "one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded ... NASA's Scout impact hazard assessment system "quickly predicted the near miss," per ...

and the range of possible locations the asteroid could be on Dec. 22, 2032, has moved farther away from the Earth," NASA said. However, there is a 1.7% chance that it could impact the moon.

Massive Asteroid ... 1, 2023 — The remnants of an ancient planet that collided with Earth to form the Moon lie deep within the earth, according to a new ... Earth's Most Ancient Impact Craters ...

Asteroids of this size regularly pass through the Earth's neighborhood, often unnoticed, unless they are actively tracked by ...