When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Friday (Feb. 15), an asteroid half the length of a football field will buzz close by Earth. It ...

In the early morning of June 30, 1908, a massive explosion flattened entire forests in a remote region of Eastern Siberia along the Tunguska River. Curiously, the explosion left no crater, creating a ...

YAHOO.COM - There is absolutely no chance that asteroid 2012 DA14 will hit Earth when it makes its closest approach on Friday (Feb. 15), but many other asteroids like it have made a crash landing on ...

" Sometimes the past throws curveballs that defy logic, reason, and even science. We're not talking about legends or myths ...

On hearing the words "city killer" and "asteroid" in the same sentence, you'd be forgiven for thinking something bad is about to happen. But not to fear. Although an asteroid with the potential to ...

The European Space Agency is sending a probe to intercept an asteroid that will swing uncomfortably close to Earth on a Friday the 13th in 2029. The Ramses mission will fly alongside the asteroid ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A meteor explosion in the skies above Russia this morning also walloped the Earth, triggering ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Humanity can dramatically reduce its frightening vulnerability to cataclysmic asteroid strikes with just a little extra funding and a little extra effort. That's the main message of ...

Professor K.T. Ramesh's How to Stop an Asteroid course introduces first-year Johns Hopkins undergrads to both the engineering ...