Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has ...

A half-tonne Soviet spacecraft is set to crash back to Earth next week, with experts predicting it could hit "like a ...

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than ...

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and ...

Want to see a shooting star? ETA Aquarids meteor shower becomes most active around May each year as Earth passes through ...

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

A spaceship first sent up by Russia in 1972 could crash into Earth at 17,000mph next month, potentially hitting the UK ...

is the second meteor shower of 2025 after the Quadrantids peaked in January. The meteors will hit their peak in activity ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A fireball soared over Mexico City in the early hours of April 16. It wasn't a meteorite, though — it was a bolide, a much ...