Scientists are preparing spacecraft missions to observe asteroid Apophis as it makes a rare close pass by Earth in 2029. The ...
Purdue researchers say the Chicxulub impact threw up a dust cloud that trapped heat across Earth. The finding suggests this ...
Based on computer simulations and geologic evidence, scientists propose that the deadly event may have caused global ...
A full moon could hinder some fainter meteors, but patient skyviewers could spot some bright fireballs.
To directly destroy or rapidly deflect large asteroids from their orbits, scientists at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle ...
A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway ...
About the size of an adult blue whale, the asteroid will be even closer to Earth than the moon on Monday evening. Asteroid 2026JH2 will pass Earth Monday, closer than the moon but poses no threat.
Credit: SETI Institute A meteorite that blasted through a New Jersey roof carried a startling secret: evidence of ancient ...
A meteorite crashed through a New Jersey home in July 2024, allowing scientists to recover unusually pristine fragments from ...