What would happen if some of the deadliest asteroids in Earth's history struck the planet at the same time? The destruction ...

An underground crater in Inver Grove Heights and a Champlin backyard find can tell us a lot about ancient history and outer ...

Scientists are narrowing down the type of space rock that caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and ...

Astronomers have catalogued the 40,000th Near-Earth space rock, 2,000 of which could hit the planet - and more potential colliders are being discovered all the time ...

The smallest ever asteroid to hit Earth and the only one to be properly measured is about the size of a regular cat, as per a ...

McGetchin crater on the Moon is the largest newly-formed crater seen in our Solar System. It was found by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Explore eight near-Earth asteroids that nearly hit Earth, and learn how close passes improve planetary defense and detection.

Researchers have watched a huge crater form on the lunar surface, and its widespread effects could help inform future ...

Marco Fenucci is a mathematician who works on calculating the orbits of observed asteroids. He’s a near-Earth object ...

An asteroid only about 80 centimetres wide was detected in space just hours before it entered Earth’s atmosphere, giving ...

Spread the loveIt was September 6, 2026, a date that quietly etched itself into the annals of planetary defense history, even ...