Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Myles Turner has been linked to the Lakers for years, but that rumor will become reality during free agency. The Pacers had ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

A capsule carrying about a half cup of dust and rocks from an ancient asteroid named Bennu landed in the Utah desert in 2023. The samples were collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which sent a ...

It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it ...

NASA warns of a giant asteroid, 2024 WY70, approaching Earth at 36,606 km/h. At 820 feet wide and as big as a football stadium, it will pass safely at 6.3 million kilometres from Earth on January ...

Why should we appreciate our nervous system? Read these 11 fun facts and you’ll know why: 1. The body has billions of nerve cells Every person’s body contains billions of nerve cells (neurons).

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

Asteroid impact sulfur release less lethal in dinosaur extinction. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250116133822.htm ...

NASA is currently monitoring asteroid 2024 PT5, which is passing by Earth this month at a safe distance. Discovered in August 2024, the 33-foot-wide object has followed a path similar to Earth’s, ...