D: Iron in the ocean (from the ocean circulation, from the impactor itself, and from erosion), along with nutrients (like ...

Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the ...

Scientists now say that's almost precisely what happened to the dinosaurs -- just on a much, much larger scale. The asteroid ...

The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...

Saturn has finally joined the solar system's other giant planets in possessing a Trojan asteroid, but it may have stolen it.

A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then ...

Asteroids continue to closely approach Earth, with 10 atmospheric entries recorded this year. The latest, 2024 UQ, entered on ...

Earlier on September 4, an asteroid just one metre wide entered the atmosphere as a brilliant fireball. Named 2024 RW1, the ...

This meteorite, designated as S2, is roughly 200 times larger than the Chicxulub responsible for the dinosaurs’ extinction.

Like many of his fellow golfers, Phil Mickelson lives a life of luxury as a result of the fortune he has amassed over the ...

A city-sized asteroid is approaching Earth this October, set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 ...

On June 30 1908, a significant asteroid impact event in the Tunguska area of Siberia wiped out 80 million trees across 830 ...