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The last major asteroid to hit Earth destroyed 500 square kilometers — and it could have been much worse
As many as 800 asteroids are hovering around Earth, posing many a risk. But, these are just th…
Asteroid Day is next week — top five things you need to know
Asteroid Day happens on June 30 every year to mark the anniversary of the most devastating impact i…
THE TUNGUSKA EVENT: This Is What Would Happen If Today's Flyby Asteroid Hit Earth
Scientists believe that a football field-sized, solid ice chunk of a comet entered Earth's atmosphe…
Sam Ro
TUNGUSKA: 106 Years Ago, A Mysterious Explosion 1000x More Powerful Than The Hiroshima Bomb Rocked Siberia
But science seems to miss a key point at the time. There were lots of astronomers and telescopes. T…
Sam Ro
Stunning New Details From The Largest Asteroid Impact In A Century
Thanks to cell phones, dashboard video cameras, and other recording devices, researchers have been …
Dina Spector
BY THE NUMBERS: The Destructive Power Of The Russian Meteor
• More than 24,000 workers and volunteers — with "3,000 pieces of equipment and 8 aircraft at their…
Geoffrey Ingersoll,Michael Kelley
A Giant Meteor Exploded Over Russia, Injuring Hundreds Of People [VIDEO]
Some fragments fell in a reservoir outside the town of Cherbakul, the regional governor's office sa…
Jennifer Welsh,Robert Johnson
Russian Meteor Hit Atmosphere With A Force Of 40 Hiroshima Bombs
Divers were this morning searching the Chelyabinsk region's frozen Lake Chebarkul for a fragment of…
The Telegraph
Here's Why Astronomers Did Not Detect The Russia Meteor Ahead Of Time
In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kaza…
Dina Spector
Mysterious patches of glass scattered across the Chilean desert are likely the products of an ancient exploding comet
Heat from a comet explosion likely melted and fused soil in the Chilean desert, transforming it int…
Aria Bendix
What happens when an asteroid actually hits Earth
And it only seems more likely since, despite the Center of Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) a…
Astronomers Have Never Seen An Asteroid This Big Come So Close To Earth
The asteroid, about half the size of a football field (150 feet in diameter), will however, only be…