which is thought to be due to a collision with a smaller asteroid. When astronomers first spotted the unusual X shape, they assumed that they were observing the immediate aftermath of an impact.

Scheduled to reach the asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moonlet in late 2026, it will gather additional data about the ...

A trail of debris from the asteroid struck by a Nasa spacecraft ... we were able to capture the structure and extent of the aftermath in the days following the impact," said Teddy Kareta, an ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago an asteroid strike wiped out 70% of all ... protected by our high body temperatures, in the aftermath of one of the most significant species extinctions on ...

SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft, designed to study the asteroid Dimorphos, today (Oct. 7). The mission will assess the impact made by NASA's DART (Double ...