Researchers have determined the precise date when an asteroid could potentially impact Earth, carrying with it a power ...

SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk's commercial rocket company, says it's working on a "simplified" plan for its Starship to land ...

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

However, with ATLAS’s recent trajectory, in a recent blog post, Harvard scientist Avi Loeb claimed that the “non-gravitational acceleration might be the technological signature of an internal engine,” ...

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

What happened after Michael J. Fox finally met Eric Stoltz 40 years after replacing the actor in 'Back to the Future' ...

These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the solar system ...

Dinosaurs weren’t dying out before the asteroid hit—they were thriving in vibrant, diverse habitats across North America.

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

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 ...