AN asteroid that threatened to blast Earth with fiery debris skimmed past our planet over the weekend. The space rock was the size of a blue whale and zipped past at 14,000 miles per hour during a ...

An asteroid that entered over France and exploded at quite a low altitude has uncovered a new impact risk that Earth's planetary defences might not be ready to fight. Asteroid 2023 CX1 burst into a ...

A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so ...

The space rock flattened an area even larger than London.

NASA has reported a significant meteor explosion in Earth's atmosphere several months ago -- and we didn't see it coming. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

On the 13th (local time), an asteroid (Sar2667) about 1 meter in diameter entered the atmosphere over the English Channel and exploded. It fell like an ordinary "shooting star," creating a tail before ...