What happened after Michael J. Fox finally met Eric Stoltz 40 years after replacing the actor in 'Back to the Future' ...

Ceres is the largest 'asteroid' in our solar system, big enough that it's actually classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.

What if the biggest asteroid hit us? This video explores the potential impact of a large asteroid collision with Earth. It discusses the consequences, including environmental effects, potential ...

In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...

A fossil site in New Mexico with numerous dinosaurs, including the gargantuan Alamosaurus, dates to shortly before the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fossil site in New Mexico with numerous dinosaurs, including the gargantuan Alamosaurus, dates to shortly before the asteroid strike that abruptly ended the age of dinosaurs, ...

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the ...

For years, headlines have warned that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction, but a new study suggests these fears may be overstated.

The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...

Astronomers have discovered a new quasi-moon. 2025 PN7 is not the first quasi-moon, nor the only out there right now. Has Earth acquired a second moon? Not exactly. Astronomers recently discovered a ...