Skip to main content
SyfyWire
Open Menu
Close Menu
Navigation
Search
Movies
Movie News
Watch Movies
TV
TV News
Watch Shows
Comics
Videos
Podcasts
Bad Astronomy
Shop
Interviews
This Week in Genre History
Comics Wire
Important Toy News
Indie Comics Spotlight
Lists & Rankings
Opinion
Science Behind the Fiction
Theme Park News
Everything You Didn't Know
About Us
Contributors
Facebook
Instagram
@syfywire
Youtube
Movies
Movie News
Watch Movies
Latest Movie News
How Hulu's 'Boss Level' super-charged the time-loop genre and curated a killer soundtrack
Manufacturing aggression: The science behind the fiction of Zootopia's evil conspiracy
No lie! Disney’s live-action Pinocchio film adds Cynthia Erivo & Joseph Gordon-Levitt for iconic roles
TV
SYFY WIRE's The Great Debate
TV News
Watch Shows
Latest TV News
Lupita Nyong'o helping save the world again, but this time in Africa's first-ever kids superhero show
Ay, caramba! The Simpsons scores two-year renewal for Seasons 33 and 34 at Fox
Kevin Feige on what makes Falcon different from other Marvel heroes: ‘He’s not from another planet or a king’
Comics
Behind the Panel
Previews
All Comics News
Latest Comics News
Legendary French comic Asterix is becoming a Netflix animated series
The Flash showrunner digs into that surprising death, what’s next for ‘Wells’ in Season 7
Comics Wire: Mike Mignola's documentary; the launch of Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR; Infinite Frontier & more
Videos
Everything You Didn't Know
Behind the Panel
All Wire Videos
Latest WIRE Videos
Pokémon celebrates 25 years with two remakes, a new Legends game & some love for the Sinnoh region
Danny Elfman scores Adam Driver’s '65' film, drops new music vid where horned beast swipes left on him
BlizzCon 2021 pulls back the curtain on Diablo's future, Overwatch 2's heroes & more
Podcasts
Bad Astronomy
Shop
Interviews
This Week in Genre History
Comics Wire
Important Toy News
Indie Comics Spotlight
Lists & Rankings
Opinion
Science Behind the Fiction
Theme Park News
Everything You Didn't Know
Menu
More
Movies
TV
Comics
Videos
Podcasts
Bad Astronomy
Shop
Interviews
This Week in Genre History
Comics Wire
Important Toy News
Indie Comics Spotlight
Lists & Rankings
Opinion
Science Behind the Fiction
Theme Park News
Everything You Didn't Know
About Us
Contributors
Facebook
Instagram
@syfywire
Youtube
Watch SYFY Shows
Search
asteroid impact
The Midnight Sky's apocalyptic disaster has us wondering: What cosmic threats are out there?
Cassidy Ward
Dec 30, 2020
Trending on SYFY WIRE in asteroid impact
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroids
Tag:
dinosaurs
Tag:
Extinction
Tag:
Mass extinction
Related tags
Bad Astronomy
asteroids
Bennu
Asteroid
Near-Earth Asteroid
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Near-Earth Asteroid
On Friday, a small asteroid passed just 400 km from Earth!
Phil Plait
Nov 16, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Near-Earth Asteroid
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
OSIRIS-REx
UPDATE: Incredible footage of OSIRIS-REx tagging an asteroid
Phil Plait
Nov 2, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
OSIRIS-REx
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Asteroid
No, an asteroid is not likely to hit Earth the day before the election
Phil Plait
Oct 20, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Asteroid
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
The biggest crater known was from an asteroid that made the dinosaur killer look like a pebble
Phil Plait
Aug 26, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroids
No, two approaching near-Earth asteroids won’t hit us. 2020, cool your jets.
Phil Plait
Aug 24, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroids
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Earth's asteroid impact rate took a sudden jump 290 million years ago
Phil Plait
Jul 27, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
New study: The asteroid killed the dinosaurs, but volcanoes made things… better?
Phil Plait
Jun 30, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Asteroid
No, we're not in any danger from an asteroid passing Earth on Saturday night
Phil Plait
Jun 5, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Asteroid
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Mass extinction
Tag:
Extinction
New simulation reveals how dino-killing asteroid smacked Earth at the perfect extinction angle
Jeff Spry
May 28, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Mass extinction
Tag:
Extinction
Tag:
Science
Tag:
space
Tag:
the moon
Is our moon still rumbling from an ancient asteroid strike?
Jeff Spry
May 5, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
space
Tag:
the moon
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Did a two-billion-year-old monster impact save the Earth from being a snowball?
Phil Plait
Jan 23, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Hey, maybe the dinosaur-killer asteroid really *did* act alone!
Phil Plait
Jan 21, 2020
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Asteroid
Whack 'em or nuke 'em: How to deflect a killer asteroid
Phil Plait
Nov 20, 2019
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
Asteroid
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
A town with impact: Nördlingen, Germany sits in the floor of a huge impact crater
Phil Plait
Jun 4, 2019
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroid impact
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroids
What astronomers mean by 'rubble pile asteroids'
Phil Plait
May 20, 2019
Tag:
Science
Tag:
Bad Astronomy
Tag:
asteroids
Load more
Search
Close Search
Return to SYFY homepage.
Your browser is
out of date
.
Update your browser
for more security and the best experience on this site.
Close Browser Update Message