A short video released by NASA uses images taken from the Dawn spacecraft to simulate the experience of orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest known object in the main asteroid belt between Mars ...

A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ...

Dante’s vision of Hell may echo the physics of a massive asteroid strike, offering a new way to read the Inferno.

When Psyche arrives at the metal-rich asteroid in August 2029, it will slip into orbit and start mapping the surface.

Psyche captured the images as it flew past Mars for a gravity assist to help it toward its target.

The asteroid, officially known as 2026 JH2, will come within about 57,000 miles of Earth, according to the European Space ...

Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on ...

The popular mental image of an enormous impact crater is an obvious circular depression seen from space. However, the ...

An exclusive, challenging hike is now available to guests visiting Meteor Crater. Here's how to visit the bottom like the ...

Long before telescopes revealed an unruly Solar System, Dante Alighieri imagined something terrible falling from the heavens. In his 14th-century Inferno, the falling object was Lucifer, the Lord of ...

Uncover the shocking history of the Chesapeake Bay, where a 53-mile-wide impact crater formed over 35 million years ago ...

Dante's Inferno describes Hell as a vast, inverted conical pit beneath the Earth's surface, narrowing downward through nine ...