The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

We all know what happens when an asteroid hits the Earth – Armageddon, pretty much. One (or maybe two, depending on who you ask) of these massive space rocks killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows marine life evolved within 2,000 years after the dinosaur killing asteroid impact 66 million years ago. (CREDIT ...

The impact of the asteroid 66 million years ago did not stop life from returning to normal for very long. New research shows that life, particularly marine life, recovered much more quickly than ...

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, but harmless on the ground. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Andrew Scott has previously received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust. You ask a very interesting question. For many years, scientists assumed that fire ...

Remember the bitter cold of 1994? While it’s turned cold again, it was brutally cold this time 32 years ago. On January 18, 1994, the low dipped to -22° (which is the record low for that date). From ...

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A custom-designed home on Pansy Bayou in Sarasota has been listed for $9.65 million. The five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom house was completed in 2015 and offers waterfront views from every room ...