SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged asteroid impact New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago No, asteroid 2009 JF1 is not going to hit Earth this Friday It’s not “pyramid sized,” either. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago UPDATE: So, about that 'young' asteroid impact crater in Greenland... it's actually old. Really old. Huge crater under the ice is 60 million years old. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago Chinese rover spots a pair of glassy orbs on the Moon Two small glassy spherules may have been ejected from an asteroid impact. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago 280 million years ago a huge asteroid slammed into the Wyoming/Nebraska border Immense explosion rained debris down for hundreds of kilometers. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago The last spring of the dinosaurs Scientists narrow down what time of year the dinosaurs died. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago 'Armageddon,' 'Meteor' and more: Ranking the best planet-murdering comet movies The Earth-murdering comet genre is a cinematic niche that needs more respect. With Netflix's Don't Look Up joining the pantheon, SYFY WIRE ranks the best of its brethren. By Tara Bennett | 8 months ago Another day, another asteroid that won't hit us: Nereus will miss Earth tomorrow Geez, THIS again? By Phil Plait | 8 months ago The last moments of Earth's formation seriously scarred the Moon Giant impacts on the Moon may have come from the last chunks of material that formed the Earth. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago Load More
New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
No, asteroid 2009 JF1 is not going to hit Earth this Friday It’s not “pyramid sized,” either. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
UPDATE: So, about that 'young' asteroid impact crater in Greenland... it's actually old. Really old. Huge crater under the ice is 60 million years old. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
Chinese rover spots a pair of glassy orbs on the Moon Two small glassy spherules may have been ejected from an asteroid impact. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
280 million years ago a huge asteroid slammed into the Wyoming/Nebraska border Immense explosion rained debris down for hundreds of kilometers. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
The last spring of the dinosaurs Scientists narrow down what time of year the dinosaurs died. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
'Armageddon,' 'Meteor' and more: Ranking the best planet-murdering comet movies The Earth-murdering comet genre is a cinematic niche that needs more respect. With Netflix's Don't Look Up joining the pantheon, SYFY WIRE ranks the best of its brethren. By Tara Bennett | 8 months ago
Another day, another asteroid that won't hit us: Nereus will miss Earth tomorrow Geez, THIS again? By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
The last moments of Earth's formation seriously scarred the Moon Giant impacts on the Moon may have come from the last chunks of material that formed the Earth. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago