Could a meteorite really hit a person and injure them? And just how common is a meteorite crashing down to Earth? The frequency of meteorites making it to the Earth's surface depends on their size ...

A big asteroid, the size of the Empire State Building, called 2024 WY70 is on a collision course with Earth this weekend.

Asteroids have significantly impacted Earth's history through numerous collisions, shaping the planet's geography and ...

NASA warns of a giant asteroid, 2024 WY70, approaching Earth at 36,606 km/h. At 820 feet wide and as big as a football stadium, it will pass safely at 6.3 million kilometres from Earth on January ...

Joe Velaidum, from Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, narrowly avoided becoming the second person in history confirmed to be hit by a ... that a meteor hurtling toward Earth at 60,000 kilometers ...

giant spires of life poked from the Earth. Fossils of these mysterious stalks, dating to between 350 million and 420 million years ago, reveal “trunks up to 24 feet … high and as wide as 3 ...

11. A waning crescent moon will be present during the shower's peak. Unlike a majority of the meteor showers we see on Earth, the Geminids are the product of an asteroid, not a comet. The reliable ...

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...