Earth is facing two major natural threats: one from deep space and one from beneath our feet. In this playlist, we look at ...

The findings suggest that mass extinctions are not always caused by a single dramatic event.

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, has less than a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Its impact probability will continue to be refined as more data is collected. NASA said that the possibility of the ...

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A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, coming about 20,000 miles from the planet's surface. That ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

Scientists are still concerned that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon in the future One of the solutions suggested is nuking the asteroid to save the moon Scientists say the plan to use nuclear ...

An asteroid named YR4 is on a potential collision course with the moon, with NASA estimating a 4% chance of impact in 2032. While the scenario might sound like a Hollywood plot, scientists are ...

An artist's imagining of a saprotrophic fungus. (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) In the wake of the ...