Scientists have long been baffled by carbon-rich meteorites that show little evidence of violent space collisions. But new ...

NASA has discovered a new asteroid, 2024 YR4, with the highest recorded impact probability. The likelihood of it hitting ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into ...

China is allowing six nations, including the United States, to examine moon rocks on loan from the 2020 Chinese Chang'e-5 ...

An asteroid called 2024 YR4 has been identified - and it’s heading back toward Earth with a 3.1% chance of impact by December ...

In a scientific breakthrough that could reshape our understanding of planetary impacts on Earth, a team of researchers from ...

The journal ‘Scientific Reports’ has retracted the study that claimed a massive airburst devastated a city in the Jordan ...

It appears that the culprit at Tall el-Hammam was a small asteroid similar to the one that knocked down 80 million trees in Tunguska, Russia in 1908. It would have been a much smaller version of the ...

Perhaps the best known of all comets is Halley, correctly pronounced so that it rhymes with rally, not daily. It is named after the 17th-18th century astronomer Edmond Halley. This ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was ...

Cities around the world trying to limit driving have faced objections — namely that the measures would limit personal freedom ...