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

It sounded like an explosion. For some, it felt like one. Just after 2 p.m. on May 30, residents across Massachusetts—and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

With the meteorite falling into 100 feet of water and likely having magnetic properties, a space rock hunter can recover it ...

NASA shared new details on the size and path of the meteor on Monday, upgrading the size of the object and revealing how far ...

NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

A bright streak of light explodes above the glowing slopes of Mayon Volcano at 10:33 p.m. on May 25, 2026. (afarTV/YouTube) ...

The meteor entered the atmosphere 40 miles above the Earth, with a force equal to 300 tons of TNT. All of this over the ...

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