On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...

Now a different group has looked at its orbital past, suggesting a likely place of origin: the middle of the main asteroid ...

New analysis shows several families of dinosaurs were likely thriving in North America in the latter days of the dinosaur era ...

An update has been given on the “city-destroying” asteroid heading perilously close towards Earth in 2032. The space rock, ...

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and ...