For once, Earth isn’t the one in the crosshairs. NASA scientists have confirmed that a fast-moving asteroid first spotted by ...

Long-term projections suggest Earth will face major disasters, including asteroid impacts and super volcanic eruptions, within the next million years.

Two asteroids crashed into the Moon last week, causing massive bursts of light visible from Earth and likely creating ...

Researchers have determined the precise date when an asteroid could potentially impact Earth, carrying with it a power ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

However, with ATLAS’s recent trajectory, in a recent blog post, Harvard scientist Avi Loeb claimed that the “non-gravitational acceleration might be the technological signature of an internal engine,” ...

Stargazers using telescopes should be able to see the object in the predawn sky beginning Nov. 11, according to EarthSky.

The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...

Fossils from New Mexico change how we look at dinosaur history.

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact wiped out ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...