Not far from College Station, Texas, we saw an echo of the event that, 66 million years ago, radically changed life on Earth.

New study finds dinosaurs weren’t declining before asteroid impact; a biased fossil record misled decades of paleontology.

The enormous Chicxulub explosion drove large tsunamis throughout the ocean and raised so much dust into the air that it made the dinosaurs go extinct. Another large asteroid impact, about 35 million ...

The eta Aquariid meteor shower is reaching its peak, so check for clear weather and get out before the sun rises for a chance to see pieces of Halley's comet flash through the sky. Each year ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 74 °F (23.3 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 13 mph (6.4 to 20.9 kph). Mostly sunny today ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic ...

May 2, 2025 — Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth every year, posing a growing risk as they re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. Researchers are using infrasound sensors to track ...

But an incredible new version of the London Underground map promises to make missing the train a thing of the past. Created by engineer and writer Ben James, this live version of the iconic Tube ...

For decades, scientists believed a single asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs ... for many species. Meteor breaking apart. Image by NASA JPL CalTech, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. While the ...

“While the impact crater itself has yet to be found, this study has collected further clues that could finally reveal its location. “Understanding when meteorite impacts occurred helps us explore ...

The Earth formed in a ring of debris around the Sun, like the one around Vega, a bright star, in this artist's conception. NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Fred Sirieix stars in Scientific First Dates, Marie Curie reacts to space, and the dinosaurs get an unwelcome musical meteor visitor.