New dating has revealed that New Mexico's last dinosaurs were healthy, diverse and thriving at the end of the Cretaceous ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...

After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space rock from hitting the moon — by blowing it up with nukes.

We may have found a way to stave off armageddon. Spanish Scientists might have made it infinitely easier to spot space rocks ...

Jason Isaacs had a close call with something other than an asteroid on the set of Armageddon. "I do the one scene in which I speak, and Michael goes, 'Hey, what is that? Theater training?' " Isaacs ...

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A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.

At around 5 p.m. Eastern on Friday, a massive asteroid named 1998 QE2 will zoom by Earth at a relatively close distance. And as exciting as that may be for space nerds, this thing had better keep it's ...