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Fears that a 100-metre-wide asteroid could be on course to collide with the moon appear to have been misplaced, according to new observations.Discovered in December 2024,…

March 6, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA changed an asteroid’s orbital path around the sun, a first for humankindSmashing a spacecraft into a…

Deep below the seabed, 80 miles off the coast of Yorkshire, is a remarkable crater that has divided scientists – was it, thrillingly, created by an…

It is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their calculations…

If a giant asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032 it could send lunar debris hurtling towards Earth, researchers have said, posing a risk to satellites…