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How large asteroids must be to destroy a city, state, country, or the planet
Some angry space rocks, like the recent Chelyabinsk meteorite that exploded over Russia, are big en…
Dave Mosher,Rob Ludacer,Rob L…
Facebook temporarily freezes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's page for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
The Venezuelan President earlier termed the solution as "miracle drops" and a "medical breakth…
An Asteroid Discovered Just Days Ago Is Zipping By The Earth This Weekend - Here's How To Watch
At an estimated 88 feet in diameter, 2014 RC is roughly the same size as the 98-foot-wide 2012 DA14…
Ajai Raj
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs acidified the ocean in a 'flash,' killing most marine life. The seas could see a similar problem a century from now.
Henehan's team found that the proportion of boron isotopes - a measurement that can serve as a prox…
Aylin Woodward
How to watch the 'spooky' asteroid flying unusually close to Earth on Halloween
Here, we used thee free app Stellarium to figure out where it would be in New York City at exactly …
Jessica Orwig
NASA simulated the terrifying scenario of a 260-meter-wide asteroid hurtling towards Earth, exploring what would happen if a fragment broke off and hit New York
In an exercise at April's Planetary Defense Conference, participants from NASA, the Federal Emergen…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
This space mission could save Earth from killer asteroids - but NASA keeps hitting the snooze button
Take the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), for example, which is one of Earth's best current …
Dave Mosher
Astronomers discovered unexpected activity on a giant asteroid that could point to something huge
"It is assumed that something comes out from [the] interior of the planet where there is a large am…
Jessica Orwig
Delhi's air quality dips to poor — may improve in coming days
The city recorded an overall air quality index (AQI) of 218 at 10:30 am, with Jahangirpuri (AQI …
PTI
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old who just defeated a powerful House Democrat, has an asteroid named after her - here's why
Jenifer Evans, an electrical engineer at MIT Lincoln Lab, was one of the lead scientists on LINEAR …
Dave Mosher
How dinosaurs took over the world
Turns out, the REAL sovereign of the era was the Allosaurus. Longer than a double decker bus, it di…
Gina Echevarria,Shira Polan
Here Are The 1400 Potentially Earth-Ending Asteroids Circling Our Planet
To make this list an asteroid has to be "relatively large and close" — at least 460 feet in diamete…
Robert Ferris
Neil deGrasse Tyson Supports Obama's Plan To Lasso An Asteroid
StarTalk Radio is a podcast and radio program hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, where…
William Wei,Jennifer Welsh
On the same day China landed a probe on the moon, the US's massive telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed
A step forward in space exploration for China and humankind, on the same day as a colossal step bac…
Azmi Haroun
Here's Why Astronomers Did Not Detect The Russia Meteor Ahead Of Time
In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kaza…
Dina Spector
India is ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine for the masses within 10 days of approval, claims Health Ministry
India recently conducted a nationwide dry-run of the COVID-19 immunisation drive and the results sh…
NASA's planet-hunter uncovers its first world with two stars 1,300 light-years away
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed its observations during the 235th …
Deutsche Bank says a giant volcanic eruption and another deadly pandemic are among the 'catastrophic' disasters that could devastate the world economy in the next 10 years
The four biggest risks are: a major influenza pandemic killing two million, a catastrophic volcanic…
Saloni Sardana
The 10 most important things in the world right now
1. North Korea has conducted a "successful" fifth nuclear test, in an explosion described as Pyongy…
Confused about the potential Qualcomm-Intel deal? Here's why it matters even if it doesn't happen.
Doubts about the Qualcomm-Intel deal stem from uncertainty over how Intel's manufacturing fits into…