If some asteroid big enough to do damage has us in its crosshairs, we hope we’ll know about it as soon as we can, giving us enough time, perhaps, to do something about it.

A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...

Sixty six million years ago, just off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in what is now the North East coast of modern Mexico, and a herd of spectacular creatures is on the move. About thirty ...

So then, what killed the dinosaurs in such a sudden fashion? Whatever it was, it also destroyed 75 percent of all plants and animals on the planet. Willgard/Pixabay After walking the Earth for 165 ...

The big sky country of the western North America is a world-renowned dinosaur playground. Household-name dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, to the lesser known duck-billed Maiasaura ...

Forecasters are monitoring a broad swath of tropical activity for potential development near Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The National Hurricane Center has designated the tropical disturbance as ...

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in ...

June 30 is Asteroid Day, which honors the Tunguska event in Russia 117 years ago and teaches about asteroids and their impacts on Earth.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she was exploring legal repercussions for Elon Musk’s SpaceX company after a rocket explosion scattered waste across the country.

An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines "Nature is handing us an incredibly rare experiment." ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

Home > Science This US Senator Wants to Make June 30 'Asteroid Day' The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.