A new study suggests that unidentified "co-orbital asteroids" around Venus may have the capacity to impact our planet in the ...

with dramatic and destructive if entirely imagined results. The threat however is not wholly theoretical. Through its billions of years, the Earth has been hit by vast numbers of asteroids ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 ... The kinetic energy of an asteroid is a proxy for how destructive its impact would be. And as asteroids mostly move at the same speed — about 38,000 ...

In a new study using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a hidden population of tiny asteroids in our solar system. These objects might be a more significant threat than we ever ...

What is the most dangerous asteroid, how probable is an impact, and how much destructive ... pose no threat. Levels 8 to 10, on the other hand, are in the red zone, representing asteroids that ...

They orbit with Venus, but they’re headed our way. A newly modeled population of stealthy asteroids could pose a collision risk to Earth.

While not as common of a threat as asteroids, comets can occasionally ... some researchers were also concerned that the ...

The threat posed by asteroids and comets that ... Measures are also being developed to protect Earth from asteroids with destructive potential. These include kinetic strikes, where rockets are ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Could nuclear explosions help protect Earth from destructive asteroids ... would help those who respond to asteroid threats in the future. “The trick is to use ...

because of the threat of impact and its relatively large size. But the holder of that record is a helpful reminder that these asteroids do not tend to be as terrifying as they initially seem.