Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and ...

Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...

Some asteroids hold more iron, nickel and cobalt than Earth's reserves, presenting options for off-planet construction, fuel ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere ...

Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - An asteroid spanning the size of a New York City skyscraper zoomed past Earth on Thursday, ...

Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly different.

Scientists have found proof that a huge asteroid smashed into the sea off the coast of Yorkshire 43 million years ago.

Our planet has apparently had a small companion that went undetected for decades. What took so long to find it and why was it ...

The American Apophis Strategy is simple, powerful, and cost-effective: keep OSIRIS-APEX on track and unleash Janus through a public-private partnership. This would put the U.S. in the lead — not just ...

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved.

Earth has a new friend — and it's been waiting for us to notice it for decades. In a new study published in the journal ...