The most iconic mass extinction in Earth history occurred around 66 million years ago, as rapid environmental destruction led ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

For decades, many scientists believed dinosaurs were already dwindling in number and variety long before an asteroid strike ...

The discovery of a new asteroid in the Earth's orbit around the sun has led to chatter that it's a second moon.

A UN-endorsed group focused on planetary defense has locked onto 3I/ATLAS as the mysterious interstellar visitor fuels alien ...

This week, the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) announced a new campaign that will target 3I/ATLAS.

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

New research suggests that dinosaur populations were thriving in North America before the asteroid impact 66 million years ...

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

A fresh analysis of a site in New Mexico provides a glimpse into the final days of the dinosaurs, showing their diversity before going extinct.

PN7 has been a mysterious space traveler, shadowing our planet for decades undetected in our vast celestial world, until now.