They’ve lived through the ice age, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and brushed off an atomic blast just a mile away ...

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season instead brought mass death and carnage from Earth's catastrophic impact with a ...

Discover why scientists now believe volcanic eruptions did not play a role in the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

A celestial event is set to capture scientific attention as asteroid 2024 YC9 approaches Earth. NASA has confirmed the asteroid’s close pass on 3 January, offering a valuable opportunity for ...

Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most ...

It’s the oldest known fossil tied to a modern bird group that survived the asteroid strike that wiped out all the non-avian dinosaurs. Not long after its discovery in the 1860s, the species was ...

NASA has announced that asteroid 2024 YL7, a 94-foot-wide space rock, will pass Earth on 4 January. Travelling at an incredible speed of 16,266 mph, this asteroid’s close approach highlights the ...

The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth – and changed our planet forever. From tsunamis to shockwaves, join us on a journey through ...

Volcanic activity in India altered the climate but didn't kill the dinosaurs; the Chicxulub meteorite did, by triggering an ...

NASA's most powerful observatory - the James Webb Space Telescope has provided exciting new details about 2060 Chiron, a unique celestial object known as a centaur that combines features of both ...

Rocha, a scientist and curator at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, thought the fish was so unusual that ...