He is currently a self-funded academic visitor at UCLA. In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a ...

Asteroid mining firms say mining for minerals on asteroids is just around the corner now, but not everyone is convinced (Credit: Getty Images) As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes ...

Then there were others, such as the Great Dying and the Late Devonian extinction. An asteroid's impact killed the dinosaurs and is the only mass extinction we know about that was caused by an outer ...

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Shallow-angle impacts typically cause less damage overall since the asteroid spends more time passing through Earth's atmosphere, burning off more mass during re-entry. While the Amelia Creek impact ...

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The continuous wet weather over the last couple of weeks has caused a massive landslide that destroyed coffee plots, food gardens and homes at two rural village in Enga Province.