Comet ATLAS is more likely to simply disappear into the solar glare in the upcoming days. It has already shown indications that it is gradually breaking apart, which could be the main reason why it is ...
NASA plans to blast “planet killer” asteroids with a 1,000-strong army of spacecraft – or even a nuke. The space agency ...
It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many ...
As a result, he added, the current evidence for a cosmic impact is based heavily on the measurements taken from the more ...
The animal lived about 70 million to 75 million years ago in a part of the state that would likely have been a swampy ...
According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur extinction came quickly ... blasted into Earth by a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid or comet traveling 30 kilometers per second -- 150 times faster ...
THE world’s tiniest dinosaur egg from a whopping 80 million years ago has been discovered “perfectly preserved” – despite ...
The dinosaurs are hungry, but do you know what type of food they like to eat? In this quiz you can learn which dinosaurs are herbivores (they eat plants), carnivores (they eat meat) and omnivores ...
Dinosaurs are one of the most successful groups of animals to have roamed the planet. For over 170 million years they dominated the land, from small creatures just a few feet long to some of the ...
Now, comet C/2023 A3 – also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS – is finally making its return journey to Earth. The comet, which will look like a faint star-like blob with a hazy tail, should be ...
It’s an unlikely relationship, but the humble pigeon is a descendant of the group of dinosaurs that also includes the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. The two species share a remarkable biological past. Our ...
A badger-like mammal was sinking its teeth into the ribs of a dinosaur three times its size when they were buried in volcanic ash 125 million years ago, capturing the pair in a deadly embrace.