Pinning down the most titanic of the large sauropod dinosaurs is not an easy task, since the odds were generally against the ...

Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

In all, 75% of Earth's species went extinct, including the nonavian dinosaurs. So how did some animals ‪—‬ including species ...

Here’s the good news: If a near-Earth object (NEO) big enough to wipe out humanity entirely is ever on a collision course with our planet, we’re likely to find out about it a good while before it ...

The moon is approximately 238,855 miles from Earth. On Monday, May 18, newly-discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 is going to zoom past Earth at a distance of ...

Picture the scene: An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. It's the size of the Eiffel Tower, shaped like a peanut and potentially hazardous — sounds scary, right? Take asteroid 2026 JH2. It was first ...

That distance is about a quarter of that between Earth and the moon. Given how recently it was discovered, there is high uncertainty about the exact orbit of the asteroid, but data suggest that 2026 ...

Don’t look up! But if you do, you might be able to see a bus-sized asteroid passing Earth. The newly discovered space rock is said to make a close call early next week, flying by Earth, but rather ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.

WASHINGTON — A newly discovered asteroid is on course to pass closer to Earth than many orbiting satellites next Monday, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study a near-Earth object at close ...