Earth will have a close shave with two asteroids - Apophis and Asteroid YR4 2024. In 2029, 99942 Apophis will fly by at an eerily close distance and will be visible even to the naked eye. In 2032, YR4 ...

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...

Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

Buried deep at North Dakota's Tanis fossil site, these fossils are helping to reconstruct the final hours of life on Earth during that tragic day 65 million years ago.

Dinosaur bones have taught us a great deal about these animals from the “age of dinosaurs”, the Mesozoic Era, which stretched from approximately 252 million years ago to 65 million years ago.

Two massive asteroid impacts 35.65 million years ago left significant craters but caused no long-term climate changes, according to a UCL study analyzing marine fossil isotopes. The findings highlight ...

Around 35.65 million years ago, two massive asteroids collided with Earth. Despite the scale of these asteroid impacts, a new study by researchers at University College London (UCL) reveals that they ...