asteroids

It is believed to have started its existence in an asteroid belt somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. Eventually, this 70 million ton meteor would put a huge hole in Illinois and may have even started the Ice Age.

I've got good news and bad news. First, the bad news is that scientists have just revealed an asteroid has been detected that's big enough to wipe out the state of Missouri. The good news? Well, it really isn't good news after all. I'll explain.

There is one place in Missouri that bears a scar from a collision with a space rock millions of years ago. It's a crater from a mighty impact from an asteroid that struck the land around 300 million years ago.

What do you do with your free time? If you're feeling a bit destructive, know there's a new app that allows you to completely annihilate the Hannibal, Missouri/Quincy, Illinois area with a huge asteroid.

NASA describes it as the best and most reliable meteor shower of the year and it will be easily visible in the sky over Missouri and Illinois in December.

If you're a fan of spectacular sky things, make sure you reserve some outside night time in the middle of April as there will be plenty of flaming space rocks above us in the tri-state skies.

This Illinois man has a job that might save the Earth one day. In his backyard, he hunts killer asteroids for NASA and he's always on alert.

I've always figured if we were in the crosshairs of an incoming asteroid, we'd be goners. I've learned that I was kind of wrong. A simulation allows us to find out what would really happen if an asteroid were to hit Quincy, Illinois.

An asteroid is hurtling through space. A spacecraft blasts off from earth with a mission of changing the course of that big rock.