Researchers found evidence from astroid craters that Earth may have had a ring, like Saturn, formed 466 million years ago.

New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...

The leading hypothesis for an asteroid moon’s initial formation is what’s called mass shedding. In this scenario, a primary (larger) asteroid spins so fast that it ejects material from its ...

In April 2029, a 20-million ton asteroid once thought to pose a potentially catastrophic collision risk with the Earth will fly by our home. Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil ...

Rocky Foundations There may be a fifth fundamental force of the universe that we haven't documented yet — and, according to ...

But compelling new evidence supports the hypothesis of a group of geoscientists: that the asteroid's impact ignited volcanoes around the globe, most catastrophically in India, and that, together, ...

Nasa issues alert for asteroid approaching Earth Scientists ... anomalous spike in impact cratering rate,” they said. “This hypothesis may explain why all impact structures from this time ...