Around 66 million years ago, a cataclysmic asteroid struck Earth, marking the end of the Cretaceous period and bringing about ...

When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In ...

The asteroid that had people fearful for their lives is now very unlikely to strike the planet,... but scientists reveal it ...

We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesn't mean they ...

Scientists uncovered a brand-new species of dinosaur in a jar that has sat in museum storage for almost 20 years.

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...

The Vela explosion stands out as the most dramatic example, occurring when our planet was emerging from the last ice age around 13,000 years ago.

Planetary boundaries outline how far past pre-industrial conditions Earth can get before anthropogenic activity has ...

A new telescope could transform our understanding of the universe, and help protect the Earth from asteroid threats by ...

A 2014 study found that the asteroid had roughly a 0.037 percent chance of colliding with Earth between 2175 and 2199. But until now, simulations have run into issues beyond September 2135.

Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar ...