Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of ...

Around 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs were killed by an enormous asteroid that hit what is today Chicxulub, Mexico. But a second asteroid struck during that same era at the Nadir crater off ...

The asteroid burst into a fireball that lit the skies at 3:54 a.m. PT on October 22, 2024. Scientists estimated that the energy released by the asteroid upon impact with the atmosphere would be ...

It was 50 to 200 times the size of the dinosaur-killing asteroid. It boiled the oceans, drove global darkness for years to decades, and stoked unimaginable tsunamis (thousands of meters deep ...

A city-sized asteroid is approaching Earth this October, set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 Ganymed, this is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids, with a diameter of ...

Estimated to be between 120 to 270 meters wide—roughly the size of a 70-story skyscraper—asteroid 2020 WG is considered a medium-sized Near-Earth Object (NEO). Listen to Story An asteroid impact could ...

A city-sized asteroid is heading towards Earth this October and it is set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 Ganymed, it is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids with a ...

The asteroid, named (2024 UQ1), measures between ... it could destroy an entire city and cause extreme regional devastation; larger objects over 1 kilometer [in diameter] could have global effects ...

Asteroid hits Earth: Asteroids are increasingly being discovered only hours before impact. Thankfully, none of them has caused any damage An asteroid hit Earth hours after being discovered on Oct 22.

The fossils were found on Port Island, an uninhabitable expanse of rocks in the northeastern waters of the city, by Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department in March ...

SINGAPORE—Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has rolled out the second phase of its airport city roadmap to include space for entertainment, tourism and exhibitions. The new projects will serve ...

When an asteroid is larger than about 150 meters, or about 490 feet, across and skims past Earth within this area deemed close range, scientists consider it a "potentially hazardous object." ...