Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a ...

2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...

Don't worry – it's still not a danger to Earth for the time being. When we last checked in, odds of a collision between 2024 YR4 and Earth were at just 0.001 percent, far too low to be considered ...

Initial projections indicated a possible Earth impact, but updated data from NASA's Jet Propulsion ... insight into planetary defence strategies and the potential effects of future asteroid impacts, ...

In a major discovery, scientists have found fossilized remains that offer an incredible glimpse into the moments after the ...

A hydrothermal system near the coast of Mexico, caused by the same asteroid event that killed the dinosaurs, lasted 700,000 ...

On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance ...

About 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, along with around 70% of all ...

When its impact probability in 2032 went over ... Johnson: Both missions are centered on asteroid science and what are the effects of close gravity approaches — how much rearrangement of ...

Initial projections indicated a possible Earth impact, but updated data from ... defence strategies and the potential effects of future asteroid impacts, whether on the Moon or elsewhere in ...