Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

How would our planet physically react to a future asteroid strike? Researchers simulated an idealised collision scenario with a medium-sized asteroid using a state-of-the-art climate model.

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while ...

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

Mark Witton, 2025. The Chicxulub impactor smashed into Earth, wiped out around 75 percent of our planet’s animals and ended ...

Near-Earth asteroids have long been a concern for scientists studying planetary threats. As of September 2024, more than ...

A newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than 1% chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years. A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds ...

The collision has been rated level three on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale - the highest for any rock currently being monitored. The second-most risky asteroid has just a 0.68 chance per cent of ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. The regurgitated blob was discovered by Peter Bennicke ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources (Chongqing University), Chongqing 400044, China College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China ...