Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...
Although a potential ‘planet killer’ catastrophe is not on NASA's radar for at least next 100 years, it already has a layout ...
As a kid growing up in Costa Rica, “I just fell in love with movies,” says Zovatto, now 33. His father, who works in politics ...
Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, wiping out an estimated 75% of all animal species, including ...
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 ...
Nasa unveils its strategy to counter potential catastrophic asteroids, drawing lessons from the dinosaur extinction event.
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 ...
As the asteroid or comet struck Earth, it vaporized some of the planet’s bedrock, pushing fine dust particles into the stratosphere, obscuring the sun, preventing planets from photosynthesizing ...
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 ...