Scientists said that the chances of the asteroid colliding with Earth are slim, but if such impact would happen ... alter the path of the space rock by painting its surface.

An epic battle between paintballs and a giant asteroid could one day save the Earth from an apocalyptic space rock impact ... rounds of pellets full of white paint powder at an asteroid to ...

The meteor shower was photographed on January 3, 1970, and sonic booms could be heard up to 620 miles away. Used as a source for oil and gas, the impact origin was first confirmed in 1973 by ...

A fresh paint job might ... the odds of a large asteroid hitting the planet are thankfully small. There was some concern that 325-meter-long asteroid Apophis could impact in 2036 but recent ...

Long before highways and oil rigs, a meteor smashed into West Texas. We visited the Odessa Meteor Crater to walk inside this ancient impact site—and uncover its cosmic past.

Shocked quartz is fractured in several directions and is therefore believed to be a good tracer for the impact of a meteor. Becker discovered that oil companies in the early 70's and 80's had ...

Scientists have simulated what would happen if asteroid ... paint a grim picture—global climate collapse, food shortages, and ...

The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...

New details about the origin, structure, and impact of the meteor that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on Feb. 13, 2013, are reported in three separate papers published Wednesday.

These asteroid-impact planners need fake threats to work through how exactly we'd survive a real encounter with a space rock headed straight for Earth. This year, the fictional killer asteroid ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale Asteroid's impact risk corridor spans multiple continents NASA telescope will get closer look at object in March Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches ...