The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is often remembered as one of the most destructive ...
From high-speed battering rams to gravity tractors, the technology exists to protect the planet. The question is whether ...
Darkness, not cold or acidification, was the main driver of marine extinctions after the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
Asteroids 2026 LD and 2026 KM3, both comparable in size to airplanes, will make a close approach to Earth on June 9, 2026.
Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
A 67-foot airplane-sized asteroid named 2026 KF will fly close to Earth on May 22, 2026. Scientists are closely tracking the ...
Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...