A couple captured the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth for first time ever - on their home security camera. Laura Kelly and ...

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

A flock of Great Egrets gathers and takes flight, their white feathers glowing in the golden light of the wetlands.

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

An asteroid named YR4 is on a potential collision course with the moon, with NASA estimating a 4% chance of impact in 2032.

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is ...

On the afternoon of November 30, 1954, in Sylacauga, Alabama, Ann Hodges was resting on her living room couch when something ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

Dinosaurs appear to have been thriving before a giant asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, paleontologists working in New Mexico said Thursday in the journal Science. Experts have long debated ...

From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...