Eleven images of the asteroid Kleopatra, viewed at different angles as it rotates. (ESO/Vernazza, Marchis et al./MISTRAL algorithm ONERA/CNRS) (CN) — A team of astronomers have captured the most ...
If Asteroid 2024 YR4 were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the size of Washington, D.C. Democrats Launch Investigation Into ...
A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million years ago. The new 3D seismic data reveals astonishing details about the ...
In the early morning of June 30, 1908, a massive explosion flattened entire forests in a remote region of Eastern Siberia along the Tunguska River. Curiously, the explosion left no crater, creating a ...
Precise detonation of a nuclear bomb above an incoming chunk of space rock could be our best hope of avoiding a cataclysmic impact. A laboratory experiment conducted by an international team of ...
Of all the floating piles of rubble in space, asteroid Bennu is special. The diamond-shaped asteroid was first discovered in 1999. Now it is the primary target of NASA's first asteroid sample-return ...
Much like great sleuths, great archaeologists are capable of taking miniscule clues and using them to paint vivid pictures of what happened in the past. In a new study published in the journal ...