An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

"For asteroids of the size scale relevant to planetary defense (i.e., ∼50-500 m), the mass can only be directly measured ...

Estimating the mass of a potentially dangerous asteroid remains a key parameter for planetary protection, but traditional radio frequency tracking methods do not allow accurate measurement of small ...

A study by scientists from Johns Hopkins University has shown that microbes trapped in asteroid debris can migrate to other planets, including Earth, and survive. This was reported on March 3 by the ...

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 ...

When NASA intentionally crashed the DART spacecraft into an asteroid, the goal was simple: test planetary defense. But what followed surprised even mission scientists. The impact produced effects that ...

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

The “gravity hole” formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth’s mantle. The weak gravity could impact our ...

The idea that life can spread from world to world dates as far back as ancient Greece and the philosopher Anaxagoras.

Ram Gopal Varma shared an extensive message on social media commending Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar 2 in anticipation of its theatrical debut on March 19. In his remarks, RVG likened Aditya Dhar's ...

Earth faces a significant threat from thousands of undetected asteroids capable of destroying cities. NASA's planetary defence chief warns that current systems cannot reliably stop these 'city-killers ...