China is studying an on-orbit kinetic impact test mission for planetary defense that would target a small near-Earth asteroid ...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million ...

Scientists have identified the Bennu asteroid threat as the highest single-date impact probability for any known asteroid.

A massive asteroid that broke apart around 800 million years ago may have sent a huge number of rocky fragments towards Earth ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and ...

A Canadian amateur astronomer planning a camping trip on Google Maps accidentally spotted a mysterious circular formation ...

Earth was completely frozen, possibly due to asteroid impacts. Now there is a clue as to where they came from.

Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, reshaping the young planet. These impacts once seemed purely destructive.

Joël Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a camping trail through Quebec's Côte-Nord region when he stumbled across a large ...

Scientists trace the dinosaur-killing asteroid to a rare meteorite, shedding new light on Earth's biggest extinction event.

MONTREAL — In late 2023, amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a summer road trip when he stumbled ...

The asteroid that ended the age of dinosaurs may have been far rarer, drier and less sulfur-rich than scientists once thought ...