"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

A giant space rock is on a potential collision course with Earth in 2032. Dubbed 2024 YR4, this asteroid poses a small but ...

Researchers discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 last Christmas — and the odds on it hitting Earth have increased since ...

A note overlaid on the video says "Did you know the world's best preserved meteor crater is located in Arizona?" The footage was captured at the Meteor Crater Natural Landmark, according to the ...

A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could ...

made at about the same time as the Chicxulub crater, was found near the coast of West Africa. Researchers have speculated that it might have been made by a piece that broke off the Chicxulub asteroid.

Paul Heinrich, retired associate researcher with the Louisiana Geological Survey at LSU, discovered citronelle formations in the fractures in the clayey, or clay-like, sands exposed in the ditch ...

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can experience the 550-foot-deep and nearly mile-wide cavity from an air-conditioned ...