Approximately 66 million years ago, a colossal asteroid struck Earth, generating catastrophic global temperatures. As ...

Purdue planetary scientists Brandon Johnson and Alexandria Johnson discovered that the Chicxulub impact created a global dust ...

The curious minds at What If explore the terrifying global consequences and scientific aftermath of a collision between Earth ...

The asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs also created an underground environment suited to supporting new life, and new research suggests it lasted for millions of years longer than ...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and an inner-solar-system-wide bombardment episode that may have had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's rendering of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth's atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a ...

A shattered asteroid may have unleashed a long-lasting cosmic barrage that left scars across the inner solar system and possibly changed Earth’s history.

Scientists have suggested burying a nuclear bomb inside of an asteroid to help save us from destruction. That is the recommendation of a new study that examines the options we have if an asteroid is ...