A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago The Chicxulub impactor At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million ...

The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Earth's most enduring habitats for life.

Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision created a vast underground ecosystem filled with hot water that sheltered m ...

The cataclysmic meteorite impact that wiped the dinosaurs also inadvertently forged a subterranean haven for life, sustaining it for an astonishing eight million years, a new study reveals.

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New evidence confirms that it was caused by an asteroid or comet impact about ...

Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, reshaping the young planet. These impacts once seemed purely destructive.

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what can we do about it?

June 30 is Asteroid Day, a day that marks the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908. A nearly 330-foot asteroid exploded over Siberia, Russia, and was  1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima ...