The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite living near the impact site in Mexico.

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

A new study published on arXiv suggests a potentially catastrophic scenario for Earth’s satellites and space infrastructure ...

An impact would pack the energy of more than 1.1 billion tons of TNT, roughly two million times the energy of last year’s devastating port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Pinpointing an asteroid ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm because of the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The space rock ...

An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032.. The good news? It's not coming for Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer visible, but NASA squeezed in one ...

June 7, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Target molecules (RH) can become deuterated by iridium-catalyzed (a) reaction with D 2, or (b) reaction with H 2 in methanol-d 4. In the latter case, methanol-bound adducts serve to introduce a ...

Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that has captured global attention due to its close approach predicted for the year 2029. Measuring approximately 340 meters in diameter, this space rock has ...

June 30– International Asteroid Day June 30 marks the anniversary of the Tunguska Event, a frankly terrifying asteroid strike that remains the largest asteroid impact event in recorded history.