Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an ...

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The shock wave from this explosion damaged thousands of ...

Wil Wheaton starred in a loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space, and you can stream it on Prime Video ...

In his latest column, Steven Boykey Sidley gives a strident take-down of climate activism. But he’s parroting a British libertarian with questionable credentials and a blind spot for evidence.

Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath of meteorite ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

The newly found tektites in Brazil are named "geraisites," after the east coast Brazilian state of Minas Gerais where they were found. The geraisites are between 1 gram and 86 grams in mass and have ...

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever seen before. On December 22, 2032, a sixty-metre-wide asteroid may strike the ...

Microbes blasted off a planet by an asteroid strike may survive the journey to ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? For life to take hold on Earth, it needed a suite of chemical compounds, or seed sets ...

Moscow — Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday. The huge specimen ...

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...