YR4, an asteroid that currently has a more than 1 percent chance to hit the Earth in 2032, catching the attention of ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...

there is a 1.6 percent chance the asteroid will strike Earth on December 22, 2032. If it does hit, possible impact sites include over the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the ...

The gigantic cataclysm, which released energy 130 times more powerful than the detonation of the entire world’s atomic ...