WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a football field, 2006 WB, is set to pass close to Earth tomorrow, zipping by at a distance ...

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.From new guidelines being adopted by UK government and charity funders on ...

Researchers were surprised to find live microbes in a rock collected from space. The sample was retrieved on the Japanese ...

Humanity is better prepared than ever before to prevent a large asteroid from crashing into Earth, but there's more work, and ...

Asteroids hiding in the Sun’s glare, some large enough to destroy cities, pose a hidden threat. New infrared telescopes aim ...

A supernova could strip Earth's ozone layer, causing mass extinction No known stars near Earth pose an immediate supernova threat Gamma-ray bursts could be even more dangerous than supernovas ...

An asteroid, the size of India Gate, will pass close to Earth today. The asteroid, named 2019 VU5, is travelling at a speed ...

So are there any stars that pose a threat to us? To estimate how close a supernova would have to be to cause serious damage to Earth, we must look at a supernova's destructive capabilities.

An asteroid the size of a school bus is due ... If a cosmic body [of 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter] crashed into Earth, it could destroy an entire city and cause extreme regional devastation ...