A massive asteroid discovered last month could crash into Earth and it has now triggered a planetary defence response having ...

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...

An asteroid has triggered an international warning of a possible collision. The asteroid, YR4, has around a 1.3% chance of colliding with Earth in December, 2032. This is the highest risk recorded by ...

Paleontologists suspect that the earliest dinosaurs may have lived in regions that are simply too remote to have been properly investigated.

The asteroid is currently 27 million miles away and has a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032. After the NASA-funded ...

A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the ...

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

Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the estimated sulfur release and its effects on the Earth's climate. This new ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

An extremely rare dinosaur-era animal vomit fossil has been discovered in Denmark, the Museum of East Zealand announced on ...

A paleontologist hailed the discovery as "truly an unusual find," adding it helped explain the relationships in the prehistoric food chain.