Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an ...

Video: Simulation of an asteroid impact that triggered a North Sea tsunami 43 million years ago. New research recreates the asteroid strike that carved the Silverpit crater and un ...

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...

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