The asteroid Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, has been dubbed the "most dangerous in history" — and it will pass closer to Earth than many satellites, visible to ...

A feather discovered inside 66-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur poop may help explain why modern birds survived the ...

NASA's so-called "doomsday asteroid" Apophis - named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos - is set to pass Earth closer than some satellites.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's rendering of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth's atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a football field could cause catastrophic damage if it struck a populated area, making planetary defence a problem scientists cannot afford to treat as science fiction.

Purdue researchers say the Chicxulub impact threw up a dust cloud that trapped heat across Earth. The finding suggests this global blanket, not the collision alone, sealed the dinosaurs' fate.

The only event equal to the potential of this is the extinction of dinasours -Credit:Getty Images/Stocktrek Images An asteroid with the potential to trigger a catastrophic event will pass Earth at a ...