More than a century after the mysterious Tunguska explosion leveled an area in Siberia, questions remain as to what caused it. Continue reading the article to find out more.
New evidence shows that Earth has been hit by asteroids many more times than previously believed and these events were 10 times more powerful than a nuclear bomb. Read the article to learn more.
A team led by ex-NASA astronaut developed a system that could detect risky asteroids. Learn more about the technique and how the information it could give to safety of our planet.
Sulfur gases that circled the world for years led to climate cooling and contributed to the mass extinction of dinosaurs. Read more to find out the details.
The crater detection algorithm "automatically counts the visible impact craters" from a high-resolution image, a planetary research team from the United States, Australia, France, and Côte d'Ivoire has analyzed the formation of over 500 massive impact craters on Mars.
Physicists propose a novel strategy for safeguarding the Earth against cosmic collisions by using rocket-powered explosives to 'slice and dice' dangerous asteroids.
In investigating all possible mitigation technologies, including those seemingly from the movies, scientists from the United States are looking at nuclear detonations to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids.
Drastic changes in South American forest vegetation occurred, leading to the rise of today's Amazon rainforest when the asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck the Earth.
Earth could get hit by an asteroid any time, experts warn ahead of Asteroid Day. Nobody could predict what will happen to Earth but change is inevitable and the people must be prepared for it.
A large asteroid will streak past Earth today and enthusiasts can watch it by live streaming. Reports about a large asteroid passing through the Earth today is headlining the news as of this moment.
There is a meter-deep tectonic fault in Colorado. Scientists suggest that it is a result of the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago.
Massive beasts like mammoth, mastodon and saber-toothed tiger suddenly vanished around 10,000 BC together with Clovis people at the end of the last ice age - nobody knows why.