Learn how the emergence of new plankton species started life's swift recovery after the asteroid impact that killed most ...

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

About 66 million years ago, the fiery asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs - and much of life on Earth - left clues about ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...

Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona’s huge impact crater.

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to ...

A newly identified impact scar in southern China has turned a quiet patch of countryside into one of the most important ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no danger to the planet.