A nne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, is will soon be working with NASA ...

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

“We’re looking at the most aggressively anti-science government the United States has ever had,” astronomer Phil Plait told ...

Emporia State University's Peterson Planetarium is all about asteroids in March, with a focus on one asteroid in particular.

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

The cosmos has always fascinated humanity with its vast mysterious expanse holding both beauty and potential danger. Among ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...