Earth’s long history has seen an uncountable number of species come and go – but one of the most famous extinction events we ...

This period of Mexico’s history is of immense importance to the Maya peoples of the Yucatan Peninsula, as it marked the beginning of the Caste War, a Maya rebellion that spanned generations.

Every year, nearly 3 million people travel to Yucatan, the central American peninsula comprising southwestern Mexico ... to the Earth’s steady rotation of ice ages as well as a little-understood boost ...

This striking astronaut photo shows off an "eye-catching" impact crater in the Sahara Desert ... million years ago and was likely created by a meteor around 2,000 feet (600 m) across, according ...

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Is it worth being afraid of asteroids?In the history of the planet, catastrophes associated with boulders flying from space ...

Here’s how it works. On Nov. 27, 1885, an astronomer made the first known photograph of a meteor. The picture was taken by Austro-Hungarian astronomer Ladislaus Weinek. He captured the trail of ...

looks like an asteroid crater—the largest hole in the ground you’ve ever seen. Standing at its edge, you can watch a constant stream of 24-foot-tall hauler trucks make the roughly hour-long ...

Asteroid 2006 WB will zoom by Earth on Tuesday, and astronomers say it’s one of nearly 40,000 near-Earth objects (NEO), which is not even the most exciting. Lowell Observatory astronomer and ...

Doha, Qatar: The Tal’a competition of the inaugural edition of the Katara Championship for Falcons and Hunting will take place today. Organised by the Qatari Al Gannas Society, the event will ...