A recent study claims to have found new geochemical evidence of an Earth-altering comet impact at the end of the last ice age ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, an asteroid caught by Earth's gravity might have fragmented, creating a temporary ring ...

A meteorite traveling faster than sound struck a home in Georgia on June 26. Scientists have confirmed that it is older than Earth.

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments). Its well-defined, near-circular basin, filled by a lake, is surrounded by ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Interstellar Meteors Hit Earth All the Time but Still Elude Astronomers Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy ...

In 1954, Ann Hodges, was struck by a meteorite while taking a nap in her Alabama home. Overnight, Hodges became a celebrity ...

The comet is hurtling our way at 130,000 mph, but will veer closer to Mars than Earth, keeping a safe distance from both ...

Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy ...

Though the days are fast ticking by, that success is far from assured. DART is the first-ever test of what NASA calls a ...

Some of the most basic building blocks of the solar system are missing from one of its most dangerous asteroids.