Discovered in 2014, the S2 asteroid has captivated scientists with its sheer magnitude and the profound effects of its impact ...

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

A 36-foot-wide asteroid pulled into Earth’s orbit has become a second "mini-moon" for almost two months. But this ...

The small town of Nordlingen is built on an asteroid crater, and its buildings are filled with diamonds created by the ...

I am predisposed to like videos about meteorite craters but this was even more interesting than I anticipated. A nice example ...

Earth's "second moon" won't be sticking around for Thanksgiving, but just as many of us will on Thursday (Nov. 28), it seems ...

Billions of years ago, a giant asteroid struck the moon with so much energy that it melted rock until it was super-heated and ...

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

The team's hypothesis calls for a temporary ring around Earth, which would explain why impacts were constrained to a ...

The research analysis found several deposits across Earth from the same period as the impact craters containing high levels of L chondrite, a common meteorite material, that had signs of shorter ...

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