Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

Life ‘may have thrived’ after giant meteorite hit Earth – research - Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of ...

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that ...

A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, ...

Drabon's team paints the most compelling picture to date of what happened the day a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests paid Earth a visit. "Picture yourself standing off the coast of Cape Cod, ...

A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then ...

The S2 meteorite landed in South Africa and likely created massive tsunamis, blocking out sunlight with dust. But researchers ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids expected to pass Earth on 3 October 2024.

Scientists announced the results of their study reconstructing the cascade of events after the meteorite slammed into Earth.

The asteroids, named 2018 QE, 2024 TD3, and 2024 TK3, are part of NASA's ongoing efforts to monitor space objects.

Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through dusty debris trails left by comets and other space objects as they orbit the sun. The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with ...