From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

Earth was grazed by a tiny asteroid last week, which passed about as close as the International Space Station (ISS). That makes it the second-closest known flyby on record. The asteroid, designated ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

New dating techniques of a century-old fossil site in New Mexico dispel the theory that dinosaurs were already in decline ...

The year 1975 was quite a long time ago. While the biggest hits of that year have been far from lost to time, a few lesser hits and deep cuts have been forgotten by mainstream audiences today. I’d ...

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its carbon. As a result, they believe that global warming can overcorrect into an ...

In late January, something began to stir beneath the idyllic Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi. These Aegean ...

Your new No. 1 album, the proggy and hip-hop-inflected Breach, is by Twenty One Pilots, who last topped the albums chart more than a decade ago, with 2015's Blurryface. Though rock records by Ghost ...

Earning a hit song is a double-edged sword. You want the hit to keep your career going, but then you’re stuck with the song forever. Inevitably, it will start to grate on you after playing it for the ...

Optical illusions occur naturally in different habitats and conditions across the world. Cloud formations can sometimes make ...