Let’s explore new findings about this double-impact theory and its potential implications! Previously, scientists attributed the extinction of the dinosaurs to a massive asteroid hitting Earth 66 ...
Details of Asteroid 2024 YH Asteroid 2024 YH, measuring 96 feet across, resembles a large aircraft. It will come closest to Earth at 12:04 PM IST. The asteroid is travelling at 46,213 miles per hour.
As Christmas approaches, astronomers are tracking asteroid 2025 YP. This space visitor will fly by Earth on 25 December 2025. Experts assure there’s no cause for concern, and festivities remain ...
Centaurs — celestial bodies that combine asteroids’ rockiness and comets’ gaseousness — are relatively rare and short-lived components of our solar system. A team of astronomers has in one of these ...
New findings by scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shed light on this hybrid of comet and asteroid, revealing unprecedented insights into its surface ... Check us out on EarthSnap, ...
Astronomer Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from Queen's University Belfast, discusses planetary defence missions to learn how to deflect asteroids which may strike the Earth.