A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. The explosion over the city of Chelyabinsk, on Friday injured ...

Meteorite debris have been found in three areas of Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, the press centre of the Russian Interior Ministry reports. “At the present moment the emergency response centre ...

Large objects can cause regional damage if they were to impact Earth, such as the Chelyabinsk asteroid that hit Russia and injured more than 1,600 people in 2013. Even larger objects can cause ...

On Friday, a meteor exploded 32,000 feet above the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, lighting up the sky and producing a shockwave that shook buildings and shattered windows. At least 1,000 people ...

An asteroid burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere just hours after it was detected last month, the European Space Agency ...

Meteorite hunter Roberto Vargas tracks fireballs on the internet and then goes to see if he can find them. Usually I’m alerted that something has fallen or that people have seen a fireball through the ...

When considering your future plans, how much weight should you give to the possibility of an asteroid (or comet) striking the ...

Ph.D. (Caltech, 1983) in applied physics, with studies in geophysics. He joined Sandia National Laboratories, where he was an ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent impact monitoring systems during its approach to our planet. However ...