Everyone knows of the asteroid that spelled the end of all non-avian dinosaurs—the Chicxulub impactor—but a new study shows ...

NASA plans to blast “planet killer” asteroids with a 1,000-strong army of spacecraft – or even a nuke. The space agency ...

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction, but new findings suggest it might have been part of a duo. A second asteroid impact might have occurred around the ...

The author of a new book on the DART mission takes us behind the scenes of the day NASA smacked an asteroid.

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, wiping out an estimated 75% of all animal species, including ...

Dinosaurs certainly didn’t benefit from the Chicxulub asteroid impact, but that was a wholly different story for the ancestors of today’s ants. In fact, the climatic upheaval that rocked Earth ...

Nasa unveils its strategy to counter potential catastrophic asteroids, drawing lessons from the dinosaur extinction event.

Although a potential ‘planet killer’ catastrophe is not on NASA's radar for at least next 100 years, it already has a layout ...

Researchers have found that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't working alone—it had a small but spunky accomplice. Based on simulations the researchers ran in 2022, the Nadir ...

For decades, the disappearance of dinosaurs has been tied to the Chicxulub asteroid, whose crater lies partly beneath Mexico’x Yucatan Peninsula. But new research has revealed that there were at ...

NASA has unveiled its strategy to counter potential asteroid threats in its National Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan ...