Can an asteroid, or two asteroids, crash into Earth in the next seven years? Scientists are observing these space rocks to ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...

Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

This change in the rock marks one of the most catastrophic events in Earth’s history, some 66 million years ago, when an epic asteroid slammed into the sea just offshore of Mexico’s Yucatán ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.

Earth with devastating force, ending the reign of the dinosaurs and causing an apocalypse that reshaped the planet. Traveling ...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite ...