Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the ...

While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite wiping out the dinosaurs impacted.

Even before the devastating asteroid named "Chicxulub" after its impact site off the coast of Mexico, dinosaurs and co. lived ...

XA1, struck Earth on Dec. 3, 2024, burning up over Siberia. It's the 11th detected before impact. No damage was reported.

The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...

Asteroid impacts have changed Earth's landscape time and time again. Some impacts caused great change to occur, like the ...

Chicxulub is the asteroid impact that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and many other living organisms across the planet 66 ...

UK scientists used hundreds of tiny fossils that lived in the sea at the time to understand climate shifts tens of millions ...

A Chicxulub-sized asteroid hitting Earth today could obliterate continents, cause global tsunamis, and halve the population ...

Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth’s ...