Though ignored by the scientific community, his work at Meteor Crater, in Arizona, significantly advanced our understanding of meteorites. photograph by Orin Sealy, The Denver Post The largest ...

A few minutes after 3 a.m. on January 9, 2014, a fireball burned through the skies just off the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea; it was a meteor disintegrating in Earth’s atmosphere ...

Today in the history of astronomy, a remarkably round, young, and well-preserved impact crater is sighted in Canada.

A massive forest collapse shocked scientists and locals—but what really caused it? Some believe a hidden meteor strike could ...

The Perseverance rover finds a mysterious black rock on Mars, “Skull Hill,” which intrigues scientists because of its ...

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

The world breathed a sigh of relief when NASA confirmed the asteroid was no longer likely to hit Earth. But scientists now ...

Legendary Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, astronomer Scott Manley and acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal, known for ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

Meteor craters are incredible reminders of the powerful forces of nature and the history of our planet. These massive impact ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...