Experts uncovered a giant crater this year in China which was possibly formed after an asteroid landed on Earth several ...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MoHT) announced a new scientific achievement in the documentation of a ...

Meteor showers are caused by Earth passing through the rubble trailing a comet or asteroid as it swings around the sun. This debris, which can be as small as a grain of sand, leaves behind a ...

Santa Claus will have to be "mirroring" on his sleigh ride around the world. NASA has warned of a gigantic asteroid that will pass close to Earth on Ch ...

For example, the Perseids meteor shower is named after the constellation Perseus, and the meteors are pieces of the comet Swift-Tuttle ...

Most meteor showers are caused by the debris of a comet or asteroid that once crossed paths with Earth. The Ursids come from the debris left behind by comet 8P/Tuttle, which last visited the inner ...

Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs, according to a new study. Volcanoes on the Indian ...

It's the last week before Christmas and not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse model bred to exhibit characteristics of ...

Meteorites like this offer invaluable insights into the formation and evolution of the solar system. "They transport us back ...

Wherever astronomers look, they see life’s raw materials—and hints at answers to one of the great mysteries of science.