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Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

The asteroid impact 66 million years ago was a turning point for life on Earth, leading to the extinction of dinosaurs while many mammals thrived. These smaller creatures found refuge underground and ...

The fossil record has historically included few fish for about 10 million years after the mass extinction event 65 million ...

"People will be hurt and killed" if we're not vigilant, scientists warn.

A 20-year-old mystery of the North Sea's Silverpit Crater has been solved. Researchers confirmed an asteroid or comet struck the region 43-46 million years ago, forming the rare geological scar.

This year’s Asteroid Day has planned events worldwide and online. It acts as a reminder about advances in planetary defense.

If our country does not possess this technology, the price demanded by other nations to protect us could be very high.

The collision blasted a 1.5-kilometre-high curtain of rock, sediment and seawater skyward before it collapsed.

Tiny fossil teeth from Alaska are changing how scientists view mammal life and migration in the ancient Arctic.

For over two decades, scientists argued about what really created a strange crater hidden beneath the North Sea. New evidence ...

NASA works with scientists worldwide to advance our understanding of what hazards are in our solar system and how we can mitigate the risks.