Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to ...
A new study suggests that Earth might have had a ring system around 466 million years ago, potentially formed during a period of unusually intense meteorite impacts known as the Ordovician impact spik ...
Two meteor showers, both streams of debris from the same massive object that broke apart 20,000 years ago, are happening at ...
NASA's venerable asteroid-hunting spacecraft is no more. The NEOWISE spacecraft from NASA, which surveyed 3,000 near-Earth ...
The South Taurid and North Taurid meteor showers peak in early November. Here's everything you need to know about this month's doubleheader of shooting stars.
According to new research, Apophis's brief interaction with Earth’s gravity could unleash tremors and landslides on the asteroid.
The Southern Taurid meteor shower is set to peak Monday night into Tuesday with a chance for sky-gazers to spot fireballs.
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...
A massive meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago, far larger than the one that ended the dinosaurs, caused widespread ...
Today: The two meteor showers centered in the constellation Taurus peak this week and next. That means there will be ...
The second asteroid's impact site is called the Nadir crater. Rock was liquified, launching a tsunami into the Atlantic Ocean ...