Truly unusual’ fossil discovery shows us what fish ate 66 million years ago - Bizarre fossil found on Denmark’s Cliffs of Stevns is expected to go on display in February ...

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

The Chicxulab asteroid, which smashed into the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago with devastating results ... Some have speculated that had it missed the Earth, other species of dinosaur ...

A large asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of hitting the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA and the ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Learn about the time period that took place 65 to 23 million years ago. 3 min read At the dawn ... conspicuously absent from the face of the Earth. Rodent-size (and perhaps larger) mammals emerged ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...

A paleontologist hailed the discovery as "truly an unusual find," adding it helped explain the relationships in the ...

Scientists calculate that it was blasted into Earth by a 10-kilometer-wide ... the impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly to the date of ...