Sixty-six million years ago, a huge asteroid famously hit the Earth, causing the extinction of dinosaurs and about half of ...

Experts on meteoritics and palaeontology have created a detailed timeline to take you back to the very last day of 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 ...

A great Tyrannosaurus rex strides through the conifer trees of her territory, sniffing the air. She picks up the scent from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The meteor that made that made the dinosaurs go extinct could have made a tsunami much bigger, and much more devastating, than it was.

Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower reached its most active state of 2026. The Lyrids meteor shower, which ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, which began last week, is expected to peak tonight, April 21 to April 22. These meteors are best seen from the Northern Hemisphere after the moon sets and before dawn.

The Lyrids meteor shower will be active from April 14 to April 30, 2026. Peak activity for the Lyrids will occur between April 21 and April 22. Viewers can expect to see 10-20 meteors per hour during ...

The Lyrid meteor shower is currently active and peaks tonight, during predawn hours on April 22 — but if cloudy skies, light pollution, or a busy schedule are getting in your way of the show, you ...