What if the same asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth today? Could humanity survive—or would we suffer the same ...

Scientists discover strange glassy beads in southern Australia, revealing a previously unknown asteroid impact around 11 million years ago.

The Leonids once produced "one of the greatest meteor storms in living memory. Rates were as high as thousands of meteors per ...

Scientists reveal that an asteroid impact in Finland created a long-lasting habitat where microbes thrived millions of years ...

Stargazers using telescopes should be able to see the object in the predawn sky beginning Nov. 11, according to EarthSky.

If the hypothetical Taurid resonant swarm does occur, it will make a close flyby of Earth in 2032 and 2036. During those ...

The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...

The Leonid meteor shower starts in November, adding it's shooting stars to the ones currently on display. The northern ...

For years, scientists thought dinosaurs were already declining before an asteroid wiped them out 66 million years ago. But ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

A fossil site in New Mexico with numerous dinosaurs, including the gargantuan Alamosaurus, dates to shortly before the ...

A bicyclist was hit by a car Tuesday morning in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento County. Emergency medical services were ...