the expansive scar in Earth’s surface from the dinosaur-killing asteroid. “A lot of people have questioned: How could the Chicxulub impact—albeit a huge one—be so globally destructive?” ...

“It’s smaller than the thing thought to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs ... promising strategy for stopping a killer asteroid: Hit it while it’s still far enough way to alter ...

The curious minds at What If reveal what would happen if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs struck today. Maddow Blog | ...

Asteroid Apophis is one of the most talked-about near-Earth objects, known for its close flybys and the potential risk it ...

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

Mass extinctions clearly upend the status quo. Now, our ocean floors are dominated by clams burrowed into sand and mud, the quahogs, cockles and their relatives – a scene far different from that of ...

Alec Nevala-Lee’s biography revisits the life and career of the Nobel laureate physicist.

Jeff Goldblum is not your typical song and dance man. He’s still best known as an actor, playing roles both quirky and intelligent, as leading man or eccentri ...

Ancient fossils reveal how ocean life bounced back after the dinosaur extinction, keeping vital ecological roles intact and ...

Scientists at the Field Museum can now get a glimpse of 4.5 billion years into the past. This is because the museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of a pristine asteroid. The little black ...

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

The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan ...