Pop culture is rife with depictions of asteroids on a collision course with Earth. The idea of a celestial body heading right ...

A NASA mission collected the sample and brought it back in 2023, and scientists have found traces of ancient brine that contains minerals that are the raw ingredients of life.

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

That's good news for NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side later this ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

A colossal impact billions of years ago carved out the canyons that rival the most breathtaking features here on Earth in a matter of minutes, ...

Scientists recently discovered that San Bernardino County's Searles Lake contains minerals found in outer space.