Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer headed for Earth, but the fear it caused has astronomers worried about scare tones in the media. The asteroid initially had an approximate 3% chance for impact with ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...

The impact of the North Sea asteroid caused a 328ft (100m) high tsunami of water, geologists said [BBC] Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago ...

Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and leaving a 1.9 mile (3km) wide crater under the seabed. The Silverpit Crater is ...

Curtin researchers have helped uncover evidence of a mysterious giant asteroid impact, hidden not in a crater but in tiny pieces of glass found only in Australia. The discovery centres on rare ...

Scientists thought that an Australian museum’s collection of tektites came from an 800,000-year-old asteroid strike on Earth. Some of them turned out to be much older. By Katherine Kornei Every few ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office HELSINKI — Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft ...

A massive asteroid impact would unleash energy equal to millions of nuclear bombs, leaving survival nearly impossible. Trump Revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service Protection: Reports Mom Quietly Films ...

For a brief few weeks in early 2025, astronomers were worried about the asteroid 2024 YR4. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By ...