See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

On October 30 and November 1, Daichi Fujii, an astronomy curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, used his telescope to capture pinprick-sized flashes on the shaded side of the moon. Were the ...

SpaceX boss Elon Musk chimed in on the debate over the 3I/ATLAS comet and the subsequent alien conspiracies during an ...

This year’s “Halloween fireballs” are stunning to watch, but scientists say they may carry a warning from space.

Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the ...

Congress failed to reach a funding deal by the Wednesday, Oct. 1, deadline, leading to a government shutdown that will force active-duty service members to continue to serve without pay until a deal ...

Netflix's documentary on an infamous shooting death in Florida has seen 16.7 million views in its first three days. Debuting on Oct. 17, "The Perfect Neighbor" tells the story of Ocala resident Susan ...