Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has ...

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A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than ...

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

A spaceship first sent up by Russia in 1972 could crash into Earth at 17,000mph next month, potentially hitting the UK ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all ...

unless they're about to hit Earth, and astronomers get lucky. But there is another way scientists can study this population, and, in turn, understand why meteorites have such different compositions.

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

One billion years ago, a meteorite struck northwest Scotland, hitting the region 200 million years later than previously ...