Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

The newly found tektites in Brazil are named "geraisites," after the east coast Brazilian state of Minas Gerais where they ...

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.

More space technology must be developed to prevent "city-killing asteroids" from hitting Earth, experts recommended at a recent science conference. While the risk is low, mid-size asteroids near Earth ...

FILE - Congolese Defense Forces soldiers and United Nation forces patrol the area of an attack near the town of Oicha, 30 kms (20 miles) from Beni, DRC, July 23, 2021 ...

Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove incredibly destructive, like the 60-foot Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over ...

The city-size asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and doomed the dinosaurs to extinction came from the northeast at a steep angle, maximizing the amount of climate-changing gases unleashed ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid that is hurtling toward Earth at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The space rock known as "2026 CC" measures ...

"If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 60-meter asteroid may hit the Moon in 2032; models predict a bright flash, moonquake, and possible meteor surge. (CREDIT: ...