Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The research in North Carolina documents downstream remnants of the 35-million-year-old tsunami that followed the ...

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we ...

Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth, leaving behind a colossal crater in what is now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. It triggered one of the most devastating extinction ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on December 22 2032 is now approximately 4%, and this probability ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...

A new study sheds light on some unlikely survivors of the asteroid impact that wiped out most dinosaurs 66 million years ago: ...