In an Australian crater, researchers have unearthed a very rare type of zircon, a semi-precious stone typically used in jewelry. This mineral is known as ...

A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

Migration‘ serves as the sequel to ‘Greenland‘ and takes place five years after the cataclysmic event triggered by the Clarke comet’s descent on Earth. Despite humanity’s best efforts to pull itself ...

They figured this out by looking at the asteroid’s mass and the energy that would be released if it struck the moon’s surface, called kinetic energy. This impact would cause a magnitude five ...

About 66 million years ago, the fiery asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs - and much of life on Earth - left clues about ...

Nearing its fourth year of exploration, NASA’s Perseverance rover continues its mission to uncover signs of ancient microbial ...

A massive meteor struck near Manson, Iowa, 74 million years ago, creating the U.S.'s largest impact crater and reshaping the ...

The impact of the asteroid 66 million years ago did not stop life from returning to normal for very long. New research shows ...

Learn how the emergence of new plankton species started life's swift recovery after the asteroid impact that killed most ...

New species of plankton appeared fewer than 2,000 years after the world-altering event, according to research led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and published in Geology.