For over two decades, scientists argued about what really created a strange crater hidden beneath the North Sea. New evidence ...
Scientists have suggested burying a nuclear bomb inside of an asteroid to help save us from destruction. That is the recommendation of a new study that examines the options we have if an asteroid is ...
Chinese scientists and engineers are conducting feasibility studies on developing a space-ground integrated monitoring and ...
The Silverpit Crater lies 700 metres (2,300 feet) beneath the North Sea floor. It spans around 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) ...
Every June 30th, Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact and turns global attention to the science of ...
This year’s Asteroid Day has planned events worldwide and online. It acts as a reminder about advances in planetary defense.
According to Yevgeny Burmistrov, close attention is directed at the recently discovered asteroid called 2024 YR4, which is estimated to possibly enter Earth's atmosphere on December 22, 2032 ...
Researchers from Curtin University in Australia modeled the heat dynamics of early Earth during the Hadean period around 4 ...
Last year, geologists dated the crater in Western Australia at 3.47 billion years old, which was disputed by other experts.
July offers stargazers exciting celestial events, from a meteor shower to the Summer Triangle and a viewing of the Andromeda ...
When we think of planet killer asteroids, survival odds might seem slim. But we aren't defenseless.
The scientist recalled that, according to estimates by Russian researchers, a one-kilometer metallic asteroid on the Moon could contain metals, rare earth elements and platinum-group elements worth ap ...