Asteroid hit North Sea: A long-standing scientific debate has finally been resolved: the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was formed by a massive asteroid impact around 43–46 million years ago.

Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea's shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago. This terrible event created a hidden crater and triggered a tsunami over 100 ...

Scientists have finally solved a years-long puzzle. New research reveals that a 160-metre wide asteroid smashed into the southern North Sea, off the coast of Yorkshire, around 40 million years ago, tr ...

A mysterious structure hidden beneath the North Sea puzzled scientists for decades. Now new evidence reveals it formed after ...

After years of debate, researchers have determined that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid impact approximately 43 to 46 million years ago. This research provides valuable ...

Monster space rock smashed the North Sea, unleashing 330ft-high waves and carving out a hidden crater ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. At one point, ...

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

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 ...

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.