In a new study, researchers from the University of Oxford revealed that this unusual phenomenon was caused by a massive glacier-driven landslide in eastern Greenland ...

A gigantic asteroid, believed to be larger than the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, is set to pass close to Earth on Wednesday, June 5, according to space experts. Despite its intimidating size, the ...

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that has captured global attention due to its close approach predicted for the year 2029.

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found.

A meteor streaks across the sky and burns up in a flash. Sometimes, a small piece survives the journey through Earth’s ...

The country's space agency said it will return “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos." ...

Scientists have successfully synthesized lonsdaleite, a hexagonal diamond 40% harder than diamond, after 50 years of attempts ...

The fall of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite was no ordinary event. It came from a nearly vertical angle, about 81 degrees steep, ...

Scotland’s Meteorite Strike Along Scotland’s northwestern coast is a layer of rock known as the Stac Fada Member ... “These microscopic crystals recorded the exact moment of impact, with some even ...

So, the Stac Fada rocks provide an opportunity to see how microbial life recovered from impact. Extraterrestrial visitors in the form of meteorite collisions may not just have scarred Earth's ...

The researchers identified a circular crater formed by meteorite sediment and rocks created during the impact. They also clearly identified a three-dimensional bowl-shaped structure at depths of ...