Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – A comet spanning roughly 2,000 feet landing in the heart of St. Louis could cause a crater nearly 4 miles wide and an earthquake felt as far as 116 miles away, according to an ...

A new study reveals how molten rock and fine asteroid dust could have produced an intense global heat pulse after the impact ...

At the heart of the asteroid belt, a celestial object named Psyche deeply intrigues the scientific community. With its diameter of 226 kilometers (about 140 miles), its improbable metallic structure ...