Physicist Michio Kaku says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may reveal signs of intelligent life if it gains energy near the Sun.

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days — the ...

If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...

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

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?

A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

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

New research suggests that dinosaur populations were thriving in North America before the asteroid impact 66 million years ...