This year, the alert system for defending the planet against incoming space rocks was activated for the first time. It won’t be the last ...

Get ready for the most anticipated meteor shower of the year, coming to a night sky near you! The Perseids meteor show is known for a high rate of brightly colored meteor streaks and less frequent but ...

However, even though Earth is predicted to have a close shave with the asteroids, is there a probability that a major disaster might still occur? An asteroid killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Join me on an epic quest to deliver an emergency gaming PC to a man in desperate need of entertainment. This adventure takes ...

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

How do scientists calculate the probability that an asteroid could hit Earth? The 2024 YR4 asteroid may come close to Earth, but how do experts calculate this potential impact?

It's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

Look Up on Friday Night and You Just Might See the Bootids Meteor Shower Some folks already caught a sci-fi-level glimpse of it on Thursday, when a blazing meteor put a hole in a Georgia house.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the oldest terrestrial materials dated by scientists.

I'll be the first to put my hand up and apologize. Dominic Canzone looks like a completely different player for the Seattle Mariners since being re-called, and ...