An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ...

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...

Earth is no stranger to mass extinction events – it’s had five so far, and some scientists have even claimed we’re in the ...

When a giant asteroid hit Earth around 66 million years ago, it created a massive disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs. But somehow, many mammals survived, and scientists have some ideas why. Unlike ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

All that glitters is not gold. But in the world of fossil discovery, a golden glitter is plenty of cause for celebration − even if it's not real. That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology ...

Scientists have discovered that ants began farming fungi 66 million years ago, right after an asteroid impact created ideal conditions for this agricultural practice. This ant-fungal partnership ...

The remaining 62,436 shares were offloaded at $18.18. These sales equate to a grand total of $3.65 million. So, should Brambles investors be worried that their CEO is taking a hefty chunk of ...

There were more than 65.6 million mail ballots requested. A higher number of registered Democrats, just under 11 million, have already voted, compared to nearly 10 million registered Republicans ...

Larger asteroids, which could cause widespread destruction, hit Earth much less frequently, approximately once every 100 million years. For example, the asteroid Bennu has a 1-in-1,750 chance of ...

Until now, scientists had never unearthed tadpole fossils from before the Cretaceous Period, which began around 145 million years ago. This specimen is also the first ever fossilised tadpole from ...