Such is the story behind a new dinosaur species, named Labocania aguillonae, whose dramatic discovery took place in – well, a ...

Eager to not meet a similar fate, the National Academy of Sciences has called for planetary defense to be a national priority ...

Scientists discovered that the asteroid causing the mass extinction 66 million years ago came from a rare C-type asteroid ...

The genome of a Neanderthal named Thorin suggested he was part of an unknown lineage. He and his community stayed isolated ...

Feathered dinosaurs challenge traditional ideas of ancient reptiles. Feathers served multiple roles, including insulation and ...

The concept was tested using Sandia's Z Machine, the most powerful X-ray source on Earth. By generating a burst of X-rays similar to those from a nuclear explosion, researchers were able to simulate ...

The old joke about the dinosaurs going extinct because they didn't have a space program may be overselling the need for one.

Researchers at US-based Sandia National Laboratories have conducted a new experiment to test the feasibility of using nuclear weapons to deflect asteroids.

Lab-based proof-of-concept shows how radiation creates explosive plumes to deflect menacing space rocks US scientists have ...

Scientists in New Mexico conducted several experiments and learned that asteroids can be deflected from Earth using explosions of nuclear warheads above the space rock's surface.

Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, ...

Asteroids can devastate the planet in an instant – just ask the dinosaurs. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have ...