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

A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, ...

The Northern and Southern Taurid meteor showers will peak in early to mid-November this year, possibly bringing fireballs.

The largest and oldest-known impact site on the moon is the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, stretching across nearly 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) of the far side of the moon. And thanks to new ...

A recent study conducted by an international team of scientists suggests that three distinct asteroid families in the main asteroid belt account for approximately 70 percent of the meteorites found on ...

Some billions of years ago, Earth was a very different place. Long before life appeared on Earth, countless meteorites rained ...

When a meteorite quadruple the size of Mount Everest slammed into ancient Earth, some microbial life thrived, a new study ...

Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of the S2 meteorite 3.26 billion years ago may have caused certain life ...

But another meteorite might have had an even bigger impact on life on earth, potentially even helping it to thrive in the ...

The massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin is one of the Moon’s dominant features, though it’s not visible from Earth. It’s on ...