Scientists are preparing spacecraft missions to observe asteroid Apophis as it makes a rare close pass by Earth in 2029. The ...

Space agencies around the globe are coordinating missions to visit the asteroid Apophis during a close encounter with Earth ...

Purdue researchers say the Chicxulub impact threw up a dust cloud that trapped heat across Earth. The finding suggests this ...

Based on computer simulations and geologic evidence, scientists propose that the deadly event may have caused global ...

Fine asteroid dust may have trapped intense heat near Earth’s surface, killing exposed animals and starting widespread fires.

According to new evidence published today in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, the answer may be the flash ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all but ...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway ...

Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and they may have ...

On Sunday, an aging Japanese spacecraft named Hayabusa2, which completed its initial sample-return objective more than half a decade ago, found success with an extended mission that saw the vehicle ...

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe will also help defend the planet against potentially threatening space rocks ...