While no imminent asteroid threats have been found for Earth, Chinese scientists discussed two ways to deflect a space rock ...

Scientists have identified the Bennu asteroid threat as the highest single-date impact probability for any known asteroid.

While scientists are revising the timeline at Australia's North Pole Dome, it's still our oldest known crater.

Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, reshaping the young planet.

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat and debris, and then years of atmospheric disruption and damage left ...

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unraveling Earth's 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case ...

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 a high ...

A new study says repeated asteroid impacts drove heat deep into the young Earth and kept its crust weak. This suggests heavy bombardment may have helped form continents while erasing most Hadean rocks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jul 14, 2025, 03:43pm EDT Jul 15, 2025, 04:22am EDT A satellite ...