Earth is still collecting scars from space, and scientists are only now learning to read them properly. Newly mapped impact craters, both on land and hidden beneath the oceans, are revealing that ...

A long-running dispute about the origin of a North Sea crater has finally been settled, as new research finds a massive asteroid hit the water and triggered a towering tsunami millions of years ago.

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...

Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially ...

Scientists have confirmed a massive impact crater, Nadir Crater, hidden beneath the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa using ...

A great Tyrannosaurus rex strides through the conifer trees of her territory, sniffing the air. She picks up the scent from ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This artist's concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which ...

Although we may be loath to admit it, there sometimes appears to be a little magic in science. By magic, I refer to an overwhelming sense of wonder that accompanies surprising outcomes. Events over ...

Egeria’s close pass: Asteroid 13 Egeria passes less than a degree from 80 Virginis, making it easy to track its southwestward drift with a telescope or camera. Schickard in view: Before sunrise May 12 ...