A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...

After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space ...

After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space ...

Late in 2024, a small asteroid stirred astronomers. Discovered on December 27, the asteroid rock—since christened 2024 ...

Scarlett Johansson impressed Katie Couric with her mature demeanor while meeting for the first time on the Today show in 1998 ...

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This article originally ran in 2015 and has been updated to include additional movies because, well, the world is a disaster, and there are movies to match. We’re republishing it now with the newest ...

We've all seen the movie Deep Impact. That 1998 thriller where a comet barrels toward Earth, forcing world leaders to ...

The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at ...

Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is far smaller and faster-spinning than previously thought. Astronomers have conducted a new ...

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The near-Earth asteroid 1998 KY26, a future target of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, is about 11 meters wide, significantly smaller than in earlier estimates. Researchers also determined that the asteroid ...