"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies." ...

Evidence from key archaeological sites suggests a major cosmic explosion may have reshaped the climate and ecosystems of the ...

In 2024, the global space economy hit $613 billion—up nearly 8% year-over-year. The commercial sector was responsible for ...

The American Museum of Natural History is opening a sweeping new exhibition, "Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs," on November 17, tracing how a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago wiped ...

Ceres is the largest 'asteroid' in our solar system, big enough that it's actually classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.

A Passaic man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s mother and seriously injuring the woman’s pregnant sister 45 years ago will get another chance at parole. Jose A. Camilo, 69, was sentenced to ...

A new study is challenging a long-standing view of the final days of the dinosaurs. For decades, many palaeontologists believed that non-avian dinosaurs were already in decline before the asteroid ...

Roughly 23 million years ago, a small hornless rhinoceros roamed the Canadian Arctic, surviving months of cold, dark winters alongside otter-like creatures, rabbits, swans and shrews. That’s the ...

An extinct species of rhino that lived inside the Arctic Circle 23 million years ago has been discovered. The nearly complete fossilized skeleton was recovered from the fossil-rich lake deposits in ...

In the beginning, Earth was a violent place with no atmosphere to soften the blow. About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...