How different would our world be if dinosaurs were alive today? The answer is: very. Prehistoric in the present? We all love Jurassic Park, but a dinosaur theme park is (thankfully) unrealistic. Still ...

What happened the day the dinosaurs died? This video explores the catastrophic events surrounding the mass extinction of dinosaurs approximately 66 million years ago. It covers significant geological ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown asteroid impact hidden in tiny glass fragments scattered across South Australia. Curtin University scientists have contributed to the discovery of ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought.

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can absolutely solve.” ...

The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit continued to alter over the following month ...

With a low but notable chance of hitting our moon this asteroid is in the sights of scientists. A city-block-sized asteroid named 2024 YR4 is hurtling through space, and it has our Moon in its sights.

Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be dependent on how frequently it has experienced collisions. The findings, ...

Late Cretaceous dinosaurs may have cut back vegetation, creating large floodplains. When the asteroid hit, those floodplains became forests.