Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

Up-and-coming actor Daniel Zovatto plays a creepy serial killer in Anna Kendrick's 'Woman of the Hour.' In real life, however ...

Although a potential ‘planet killer’ catastrophe is not on NASA's radar for at least next 100 years, it already has a layout ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, wiping out an estimated 75% of all animal species, including ...

Nasa unveils its strategy to counter potential catastrophic asteroids, drawing lessons from the dinosaur extinction event.

They predict that dozens of "planet killer" asteroids - over a mile wide and capable of sparking a global extinction event - could be lurking in space. As part of its disaster plan, Nasa has ...

Learn about NASA's proactive measures to protect Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids, including the DART mission and ...

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic ...

Lightning storms are some of the most spectacular, wild, and dramatic events our world has to offer – but the effects are not ...

Anna Kendrick's new movie "Woman of the Hour" takes on the true story of the teacher who went on "The Dating Game" to find ...

The asteroid, called 2022 AP7, is about 1.5 kilometers wide — nearly one mile. That makes it a "planet killer," Scott S. Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science ...

NASA plans to blast "planet killer" asteroids with a 1,000-strong army of spacecraft - or even a nuke. The space agency boffins have been quietly simulating a response to an out-of-space strike ...