Most people know the theory that an asteroid smashed into Earth — hitting what is now the Yucatán Peninsula — and killed off ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.