Netflix fans are speculating that the reality as we know it will become closer to a well-known sci-fi comedy as the chance of ...

In science fiction, black holes often appear as cosmic monsters, devouring everything in their path. But what if one, smaller ...

Because the chance of an ­asteroid the size of a football pitch ... plan to prevent such a catastrophe, despite Nasa’s sci-fi-sounding Planetary Defence Team, set up to detect hazardous ...

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

Forget climate change or another global pandemic, scientists fear a giant asteroid that could destroy an area the size of ...

What if humans could literally build a planet from scratch? 🤯🌍 Sounds like something out of science fiction, but is there a way to scientifically create a new world? 🚀🔬 ...

NASA has announced an asteroid that is heading this way, has a greater chance of hitting the Earth than initially thought.

Earth's planetary defences are facing one of their first major tests as an asteroid with about a one in 50 chance of hitting ...

The asteroid is predicted to make its closest approach in 2032, when it’ll have a 2.2 percent chance of hitting us. That sounds low, but it’s the greatest risk we’ve had in decades. Perhaps more ...

tractor beam' is a familiar one from science fiction such as Star Trek, in which a beam is used to hold spaceships in place and move them. In reality, a ‘gravity tug’ would be a space probe that would ...

Asteroid impact was first identified by the ... The idea of giving the moon a satellite still sounds like science fiction, but planetary defenders want nations and space agencies to put real ...