A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...

Dinosaurs appear to have been thriving before a giant asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, paleontologists working in ...

ESA's planned Ramses mission would arrive at the asteroid Apophis two months before the asteroid's April 2029 close flyby of Earth. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — A European-led mission to the asteroid ...

No, NASA didn’t confirm a second moon, but scientists did discover something else that’s been traveling with Earth for decades.

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard to Earth, according to the James Webb Space Telescope Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

Space is vast, mysterious, and full of surprises — but few celestial objects capture our imagination quite like asteroids. These rocky remnants from the early solar system have been drifting through ...

While most scientists believe it’s a natural comet, one Harvard astronomer has suggested its unusual features could hint at ...