A cosmic interloper, 3I/ATLAS, could yet be just an ancient rock. According to Michio Kaku, the bold alien-probe theory ...

As 3I/Atlas neared its closest point to the sun in its orbit, the internet was abuzz with curiosity about the comet.

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may not have been the whopper scientists thought. Analysis of chemical remains of the asteroid that can still be found in sediments under the sea shows the ...

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 ...

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

In this artistic conception, an asteroid passes near the Earth. Asteroids routinely make flybys of our planet, many much closer than 1994 PC1. Contrary to popular belief, the Earth doesn't pull them ...

When the cosmos shoots pool, it plays for keeps. It sunk a six-mile-wide rock in our pocket of the solar system 66 million years ago. The smack of the asteroid against Earth released energy on the ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

An asteroid was spotted whizzing past Earth last week in the second closest approach to the planet ever recorded, according to authorities. Asteroid 2025 TF soared over Antarctica just before 9 p.m.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday, a ...