In 2016, NASA launched the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx towards the near-earth asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft managed to make contact in 2020, collecting samples which returned in 2023. Those samples ...

The Tunguska asteroid, hitting Siberia in 1908, was also similar size and destroyed 830 square miles of forest. 2024 YR4 was first discovered in December 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestial-impact Last ...

If it did collide with Earth, an asteroid of that size could cause an explosion in the atmosphere or even create an impact crater, according to the Planetary Society. Both possibilities would ...

It is estimated that the asteroid could flatten structures for up to two miles in any direction from the impact size, however the size estimates could be incorrect. Determining the size of an ...

“The moment you impact it, it starts falling apart, and then instead of having a single rock of 40 meters or 50 meters, you may have multiple rocks of smaller size — and you cannot predict ...

Estimates suggest the asteroid’s size ranges between 130 and 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) in diameter. While not large enough to cause global devastation, an impact would release around 8 megatons of ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

The exact strength of this impact will be determined by several different factors including the asteroid's exact size, composition, and the angle at which it enters the atmosphere. Dr Edward ...

Dancehall kingpin Vybz Kartel will receive the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Impact Award at the 2025 ceremony, which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, February 18, in New Castle at the Utilita ...