Two billion years before we made history and split the atom, the Earth had already accomplished it and was running its own ...

Can nukes be Earth's savior against asteroids? Buckle up as we dive into the newest research on this explosive topic. The National Academy of Sciences has prioritized planetary defense against ...

"Our power, our planet" is the theme for the celebration of the 55th Earth Day, which is today. The organizers are calling for "renewable energy generation, globally, to be tripled by 2030." ...

According to experiments and computer simulations, the radiation of a nuclear blast could be enough to change the trajectory of an asteroid threatening Earth—if spotted in time. About 66 million years ...

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer asteroid. Reading time 3 minutes Michael Bay is a prophet. Despite being ...

Earth exists in a cosmic shooting gallery, and it's not a matter of if but rather when a large asteroid hits the bullseye. It's happened plenty of times in the past, but for the first time, humanity ...

An asteroid strike on Earth could exceed the destructive power of an all-out nuclear war, triggering earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires that crisscross continents. (Illustration by Tobias ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032 Asteroid 2024 YR4, an asteroid discovered in 2024, has a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032 Should the asteroid collide with ...

The bewildering interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object from another star to sweep through our neighborhood, just made its closest pass to the Sun, coming within roughly 126 million ...