Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.

Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA's AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Seismic data reveals megaripples in Louisiana, formed by the Chicxulub asteroid’s tsunami 66 million years ago.

The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

A so-called "city killer" asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 "no longer poses a significant threat," NASA said in its latest ...

Mass extinctions occur when 10,000m size asteroid hits the Earth's surface, possible once in 100 million to 200 million years. As per estimates asteroid YR4 is about 90m in size, which would ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space rock continues to be in the spotlight since being discovered in December last year. Earlier this week, scientists increased the chances of the asteroid striking ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a significant threat to Earth. NASA now considers the risk minimal. There is still a 1% chance the asteroid could hit the Moon. Scientists continue to monitor its ...