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The damage caused by an asteroid impact depends on its size. But how big must a space rock be to cause an apocalypse? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
A crater still remains where a meteor struck Arizona 50,000 years ago. Jonathan Blair/Corbis. Numerous proposals have been made. The obvious one of blowing up the asteroid with H-bombs might be a ...
Earth with devastating force, ending the reign of the dinosaurs and causing an apocalypse that reshaped the planet. Traveling ...
A recent study has uncovered an extraordinary survival story—night lizards, small reptiles that still inhabit parts of North ...
Adam Driver sat down with NASA to talk about avoiding an asteroid apocalypse. The actor is launching a new film, called "65," where he plays a space pilot who crash-lands on Earth at the end of ...
A massive asteroid, named 99942 Apophis - which translates to "God of chaos" and is larger than the Eiffel Tower - is set to make an "exceptionally close" pass by Earth in 2029.
The impact of such an asteroid would produce a crater over 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and over 1,200 feet (370 m) deep, knocking down buildings tens of miles away from ground zero.
For Chabot, DART’s biggest promise lies in being the first of many missions focused on averting a possible asteroid apocalypse. “It’s not just an end in itself,” she says.
What to read this weekend: Preventing an asteroid apocalypse, and Cult of the Lamb’s first arc wraps up. Plus a captivating new novel from decorated author Louise Erdrich.
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Recognized by the United Nations and celebrated around the world on June 30th, Asteroid Day is meant to build awareness of the risks of asteroid impacts. The effort was led in 2014 by physicist ...