The asteroid that smacked into our planet about 66 million years ago at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary may have been bad news for dinosaurs, but it was good news for fungi. According to new ...

When an asteroid as big as Mount Everest struck Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs and roughly ...

A new study suggests that duplicated genomes gave some flowering plants the genetic flexibility needed to endure Earth’s ...

Early birds are in for a celestial treat this week as activity from the Eta Aquariid meteor shower heats up — but they’ll need to keep sharp eyes on the sky. The shower will peak between Tuesday and ...

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

Two meteor showers, the Southern delta Aquarids and the alpha Capricornids, will peak simultaneously from July 30-31. The Perseids, considered the best meteor shower of the year, will peak between ...

DERBY, Kan. (KWCH) - One of the dinosaurs at Field Station: Dinosaurs in Derby fell victim to nature once again, this time in the form of lightning rather than meteors. Sedgwick County dispatch ...

A long-standing mystery in southern Africa’s fossil record is beginning to unravel. After massive lava flows 182 million years ago seemed to erase evidence of dinosaurs in the region, scientists have ...

ST. LOUIS – A bright fireball meteor lit up the night sky and streaked past the St. Louis region Wednesday evening with locals reporting multiple sightings. According to the International Meteor ...

It’s May, which means the trees are greener, the days are longer, and the nights are a little warmer. That’s perfect for spotting a meteor shower—and not just any shower: the Eta Aquarids are hitting ...

Dinosaur DNA may still be out of reach, but scientists are uncovering something almost as exciting—ancient blood vessels hidden inside fossilized bones. In a massive Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed Scotty ...

The Moon 'So much magic': Artemis II shares first images from the far side of the moon, including new 'Earthset' and total eclipse in space Cosmology Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 ...