A decade from now, a huge potentially hazardous asteroid, named after the ancient Egyptian deity of evil and destruction, will whizz by the Earth with a one in 45,000 chance of hitting our ...

While observing the skies for potential planet - destroying asteroids, NASA-funded scientists have spotted something surprising earlier this year: Earth is being circled by another moon-like giant ...

Climbing the slopes of Mars' Mount Sharp last week NASA's Curiosity rover stumbled across a small metallic meteorite with some puzzling features. Due to its thin atmosphere composed primarily of ...

Latest studies suggest that comet impact 55 million years ago may have caused mammals domination on Earth. According to common theory it could have triggered a rapid phase of global warming linked ...