The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. The explosion over the city of Chelyabinsk, on Friday injured ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

Another city-killer asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth completely undetected, a space agency chief had warned. Luca Conversi believes there is a chance "something the size of YR4 " – the ...

MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaking in late July may not be seen in Russia because of the waxing moon, the press service of Moscow’s Planetarium told TASS ...

TASS/. Celestial bodies, similar in size to the Chelyabinsk meteorite that struck Russia’s Urals ten years ago, land on the country’s territory approximately once in 20-50 years, a Russian ...

The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with a force of 40 Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Damage stretched for 500 square kilometers, destroying 7,200 building and injuring over 1,400 people in its ...

Part of a giant meteorite from outer space has been safely recovered from a Russian lake, online news website RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday. As scuba divers tried to raise the rock from the ...