Ants branched into thousands of new species after the dinosaurs died, and a new study links that burst to jumping genes in ...

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2026 SA8 will pass closer to Earth than the Moon early Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, coming ...

Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth – and changed our planet forever. From tsunamis to shockwaves, join us on ...

Scientists are narrowing down the type of space rock that caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and ...

A new investigation into the isotopic composition of asteroid Bennu, of which NASA returned samples to Earth, has found it ...

Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that makes a close pass to Earth every six years or so. Scientists believe Bennu might have broken off from a much larger carbon-rich asteroid about 700 million ...

The asteroid was estimated at about 0.8 meters, and it posed zero threat to people or infrastructure on the ground.

The 192nd asteroid discovered in the main belt is now at its best, located within a diamond shape of brighter field stars.

The asteroid Bennu orbits the sun once every 1.2 years and approaches Earth every six years, passing within around 300,000 ...

Over the past 50 years, musician “Weird Al” Yankovic has become the first artist to have a comedy album debut at #1 on the ...

There are many asteroid or comet doomsday movies that have been created, but there is one that stands tall as one of the most scientifically accurate.