Based on computer simulations and geologic evidence, scientists propose that the deadly event may have caused global ...

After the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, trillions of tonnes of rock vapour was launched into space before falling ...

Dinosaurs roasted to death in a hellish “oven” created by superheated dust when an asteroid hit Earth 66m years ago, scientists believe.

Scientists are calling this find one of the most scientifically valuable meteorites ever recovered.

China is studying an on-orbit kinetic impact test mission for planetary defense that would target a small near-Earth asteroid ...

Spacecraft to hit at 9km/s, equivalent to over 26 times the speed of sound near sea level and nearly 50 per cent faster than ...

Why else would you want to hit an asteroid at Mach 26? For fun? Chinese researchers want to up the ante from NASA’s 2022 DART ...

The Earth revolves in a cosmic system which is surrounded by billions of asteroids often referred to as ‘fossils’ of our ...