Around 66 million years ago, a 12-kilometre-wide asteroid travelling at 43,000 km/h crashed into Earth, triggering one of the ...

A new “ apex predator ” dinosaur species has been discovered based on its fossil, unearthed in Argentina with a crocodile bone stuck in its jaws. The species has been named Joaquinraptor casali, and ...

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists probe the logistics of destroying it — possibly with nuclear weapons — before ...

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

A fossil unearthed in Argentina of a newly identified species of meat-eating dinosaur is providing insight into a poorly ...

Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...

Scientists have found proof that a huge asteroid smashed into the sea off the coast of Yorkshire 43 million years ago.

Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid struck Earth and ended the age of the dinosaurs. What followed was fire, darkness, ...

Dinosaurs had such an immense impact on Earth that their sudden extinction led to wide-scale changes in landscapes—including ...

According to China's space agency, the government is preparing to test a direct method of planetary defense by sending a ...