Researchers smashed an asteroid with a spacecraft. From the aftermath, they are learning how to better protect Earth.

Kamo'oalewa, a 131- to 328-foot-wide (40 to 100 meters) near-Earth object (NEO), was liberated by an asteroid impact between 1 million and 10 million years ago, a smashup that created the moon's ...

When an asteroid collides with Earth, it unleashes a series of catastrophic events that can have devastating consequences for life on our pl..|News Track ...

What would be the likely outcome of an asteroid colliding with Earth ... A land strike would create a massive fireball, whereas an impact in water would see the world engulfed in a tidal wave ...

Volcanic eruptions, submarine landslides, and coastal rock falls can also generate a tsunami, as can a large asteroid impacting the ocean. They originate from a vertical movement of the sea floor ...

Created by an asteroid impact 590 million years ago, the Acraman Crater in South Australia is marked by Lake Acraman. This satellite image shows the lake, which sits in the center of the 40-km (25 ...

Although rare, Tsunamis can be very destructive. They are usually caused by earthquakes along tectonic plates under the ocean ...