A new study reveals dinosaurs in New Mexico were thriving just before the asteroid impact that ended their reign, overturning ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

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Its behaviour has raised questions that range from scientific uncertainty to speculation about extraterrestrial origins. Elon Musk is among those voicing concern as researchers try to understand what ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million years ago. The new 3D seismic data reveals astonishing details about the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million ...

The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the details of their end have remained a matter of debate since the impact crater ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time ...