A 10-km wide asteroid fell out of space and smashed into what is now the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. It left a ...

Scientists puzzled by asteroids that hit Earth 35 million years ago and seemingly left no climate impacts - UK scientists ...

XA1, struck Earth on Dec. 3, 2024, burning up over Siberia. It's the 11th detected before impact. No damage was reported.

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

The Taurids travel at speeds of 65,000mph - but this is relatively slow for a meteor shower and is expected to become visible to people across the UK, depending on cloud cover. A meteor shower ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

Chinese scientists found for the first time a meteorite crater on a mountain ridge, the discovery of which enriches human's understanding of the planetary collision history and provides a new ...

But it will zip closer for a quick visit in January. NASA will use a radar antenna to observe the 33-foot (10-meter) asteroid then. That should deepen scientists’ understanding of the object known as ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of escalating tensions and provocations, and claimed the Korean peninsula is facing an unprecedented risk of nuclear war, Reuters ...