Maini, of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, is primed and ready should a planetary strike occur – and just over 12 months ago, she thought it might ...

New research recreates the asteroid strike that carved the Silverpit crater and unleashed a tsunami. Read the full story ...

Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea's shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago. This terrible event created a hidden crater and triggered a tsunami over 100 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fears of a “dangerous” asteroid striking our moon have been ruled out this week, despite earlier concerns that there was a small ...

Fears of a “dangerous” asteroid striking our moon have been ruled out this week, despite earlier concerns that there was a small likelihood of impact. Scientists initially estimated a 4.3% chance that ...