Most meteors either burn up harmlessly or strike with damage based on their size, speed, and composition. But an antimatter ...

The newly discovered space rock is said to make a close call early next week, flying by Earth, but rather than panic, ...

Scientists gear up to explain significance of event while preventing public panic over unfounded fears of an asteroid strike ...

Scientists have reconstructed the aftermath of the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. A massive object roughly 6 to 9 miles wide struck Earth at incredible speed, ...

Dante's description of the fall of Lucifer to Earth from heaven seems to sport many of the hallmarks of an impact, forming a ...

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes ...

An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.

Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers a rare and ...

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

A distance of 56,000 miles may sound like a lot but it’s just a whisker on the scale of space encounters and it’s how close a ...

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When the dinosaur-killing meteor hit Earth 66 million years ago, many flowering plants transformed into "hopeful monsters" to endure the resulting environmental crisis. Now, new research suggests that ...