Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an ...

Video: Simulation of an asteroid impact that triggered a North Sea tsunami 43 million years ago. New research recreates the asteroid strike that carved the Silverpit crater and un ...

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

The chances of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025, after astronomers discovered a building-sized asteroid hurtling towards Earth. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first detected by ...

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...

A new study appears to have found evidence of a binary pair of asteroids transferring material to each other, the first ...

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.

'Within minutes, it created a 1.5km high curtain of rock and water.' ...