scorecard

You Searched For "largest asteroid to hit earth" and got 20 results


Sort By:


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Forget distant fly-bys of giant rocks—this plane-sized asteroid will come within 1.7 million km of Earth this week!

Come Friday, this near-Earth object will make its closest approach to our planet in a decade!

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.

Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…

Jenny McGrath   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.

On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can wa…

Ellyn Lapointe   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

The B-2 stealth bomber used to hit the Houthis was built to strike the toughest targets

The aircraft was built to slip past defenses to drop nuclear and conventional bombs, including a 30…

Jake Epstein   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

A mystery 300-mile wide formation lurking beneath Australia may be the largest asteroid impact crater on Earth

Scientists think the asteroid impact may have occurred roughly 450 million years ago, when 85 perce…

Marianne Guenot   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

A football stadium-sized asteroid will blaze by Earth today. Here's how to watch the potentially hazardous 'city killer' live.

Watch live as a "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football stadium whips past Earth to…

Ellyn Lapointe   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

NASA released the first close-up photos of the largest asteroid sample ever collected

NASA's OSIRIS-REx dropped off the Bennu asteroid sample last month. Scientists discovered the rocky…

Jenny McGrath   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Just Look Up: Giant asteroid the size of Qutub Minar to pass dangerously close to Earth

It is not just natural calamities and deadly viruses that may end the human race, giant asteroids h…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.

There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…

Marianne Guenot   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike

In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…

Ellyn Lapointe   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

Asteroid Day — everything you need to know about the rocks in our solar system that could one day hit Earth

Asteroid Day is just around the corner and there are many questions that people have about asteroid…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

From arid to green: What world can glean from Vijayapura's learnings this Earth Day

In less than 10 years, nature lovers have a lot going for them in Vijayapura. The district is now h…

PTI   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

The biggest asteroid of 2021 is going to zoom past Earth tonight flying as fast as 100,000 kmph

An asteroid twice as big as the Statue of Unity is set to zoom past Earth tonight flying at 100,000…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids

Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three spac…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis won’t be crashing into Earth for at least another century

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the ‘God of Chaos’ ast…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Two tiny asteroids to zoom past Earth this Diwali — likely without any fireworks

While both of them are on the watch list of asteroids to track, it’s unlikely that they will b…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Apophis, the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid is speeding up — increasing the likelihood of it hitting Earth in 2068

This is when the asteroid speeds up because its thermal radiation is no longer uniform. Simply p…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

Scientists built a 3-ton camera with a 5-foot-wide lens to discover hazardous asteroids that NASA can't see

A Menlo Park, California, lab built this camera to learn about dark energy and dark matter, flag ha…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

NASA cases Asteroid Bennu ahead of snatch and grab — finds six new secrets, including a possible void under the surface

Officially called the Touch-and-Go (TAG) maneuver, the spacecraft will land on the asteroid for …

Prabhjote Gill   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

The last major asteroid to hit Earth destroyed 500 square kilometers — and it could have been much worse

As many as 800 asteroids are hovering around Earth, posing many a risk. But, these are just th…