A 1-megaton nuclear explosion detonated near a 160-meter asteroid produced damage and motion consistent with the object ...

On April 13, 2029, an asteroid wide enough to cover several city blocks will sweep past the planet at a distance smaller than ...

Scientists have used powerful computer simulations to examine whether a nuclear explosion could break apart a large asteroid that threatens Earth.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch at the end of August, is uniquely well-placed to help us spot any dangerous rocks heading our way.

NEW YORK -- A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses no danger. The space rock -- 1997 NC1 -- makes its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1.6 million ...

When global catastrophe strikes – be it nuclear war, an asteroid strike or geomagnetic storm – where in the world would you ...

The moon likely got a new crater late last night, when a portion of a SpaceX rocket launched in 2025 was expected to make ...

Les membres de la génération X se souviennent sans doute du film Météore, en 1979, avec Sean Connery. Pour ceux de la ...

NASA has provided a much-needed update for the asteroid 2024 YR4, as it has the power equivalent of 100 nuclear bombs on a ...

In 1992, the Game Boy tried to fit Tatooine, Luke, Han, Leia, the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star into four shades of grey.

What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew. It is one of the brightest and largest E-type asteroids in the main belt, a class with a surface rich ...

That’s one way to stop the a-rock-alypse. Chinese scientists have devised an unorthodox solution to stop a potential Doomsday asteroid from destroying Earth — by nuking the space-rock with a force ...