The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said Tuesday.

A new study suggests that dinosaurs likely weren't in decline before an asteroid wiped them out 66 million years ago; instead ...

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope in Chile.

Disney’s ground breaking animation Fantasia featured The Rite of Spring, depicting Earth’s early history and the extinction ...

Surprising origin of ‘city-killer’ asteroid that may strike Moon revealed - Nearly 60m space rock is oddly hockey puck-shaped ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf of Mexico was a ...

Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

Dinosaurs may not have been declining before the asteroid impact after all – new research shows that the apparent drop in ...

An asteroid which could be up to 220 feet wide will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon ...

A Soyuz rocket with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts on board docked with the International Space Station ...

The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be ...