Meteor strikes are usually associated with mass extinctions, but a new study shows that one meteor strike could have actually ...

While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, lighting up the skies as impressive meteors struck Earth's ...

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

An airplane-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. NASA's ...

The scientists therefore conclude that the meteorite impact was the ultimate cause of the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period. A meteorite impact can result in a thick layer ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 XS3 this week. This 84-foot space rock will safely pass Earth on 18 December ...

According to the Kentucky Historical Society, sometime over the past 300 million years, the impact of a meteorite in the ...

This research lays the groundwork for NASA’s upcoming Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, the first space telescope ...

The twin lakes, known as Zerelia, in Greece are rare examples of bodies of water that were formed from the cataclysmic impact ...