The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests.

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

Led by Uisdean Nicholson, a geologist at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, scientists used 3D seismic data to measure the impact and were able to reverse engineer the size of the asteroid ...

Spherules from an Archean impact layer, with a coin used for scale. Formed from molten debris that rained out from asteroid strikes, thick beds of these tiny orbs in Archean rocks are direct ...

As long as the moon and skies are all treats and no tricks, skygazers should have a chance to see the Orionids, one of the year's most striking meteor showers ... Halley's impact is still felt ...

When it comes to life and its history on Earth, meteorite impacts have been one of the ever-present threats to total extinction. It's even possible that life may have had multiple beginnings — with ...

A second asteroid impact might have occurred around the same time, causing additional devastation. New Evidence of a Second Asteroid Impact A lesser-known crater, the Nadir, was ...

This was the main cause of the injuries. The consequences of an impact by a larger celestial body would be much greater; it could even threaten the existence of humanity as a whole. The asteroid 99942 ...

Orion is belting out a show for Earth. A stunning meteor shower containing traces of the famed Halley’s Comet will pass by Earth with peak viewing opportunities this weekend. The Orionids ...

But it also includes a surprising amount of role-playing, where teams war-game asteroid impact scenarios. “In the real world, we haven’t really gotten to this stage where we actually have to ...

October has been a stellar month for celestial events, with comets, a mini-moon, the Draconid meteor shower and the recent supermoon. And now comes the Orionid meteor shower. The Orionid meteor ...

Up next, a third celestial treat named the Orionid meteor shower. Unlike the Northern Lights, which are rare to see around here, or the comet that visits once every 80,000 years, Orionids shows up ...