Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

A massive meteor crater in northern Arizona continues to attract visitors and spark curiosity about space and science, ...

Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Just like you can face charges for leaving a child in a hot car, you can also face charges for taking them hiking in the heat ...

On that fateful day, an asteroid detonated above the remote Siberian wilderness in Russia, unleashing a force equivalent to 185 atomic bombs dropped on Japan's Hiroshima. The blast leveled ...

Pluto will reach its closest approach to Earth and align opposite the Sun on July 25, appearing slightly brighter (magnitude ...

The mysterious blast site of the Tunguska Event of 1908 is revealed in satellite images obtained by NASA’s Operational Land ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth, leaving behind a colossal crater in what is now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. It triggered one of the most devastating extinction ...