Learn more about how this hydrothermal system may have provided life on Earth with vital nutrients after the dino-killing ...

We think of impact events as being disastrous for life,” Harvard geologist Nadja Drabon explains, but one such impact by a ...

There’s a lot to see in the night sky -- the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too -- something ...

While these objects have some similarities, there are crucial differences that can help us work out what just passed over our ...

There’s a lot to see in the night sky — the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too — something ...

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than initially believed. New research from Curtin University in Australia analyzed ...

"The degree of darkening caused by dust has been related to water forecasting errors. The water comes earlier than expected, and this can have real-world impacts," McKenzie Skiles, director of the ...

When the asteroid hit the Chicxulub area, a plume of dust, soot and minerals high in sulfur blanketed ... He said this research will further the understanding of life after the asteroid impact.

The journey typically takes about 5-7 days, with the dust plume maintaining a ... Milky Way galaxy with a visible meteor shower. Photo by Vittorio Staffolani When the Saharan dust reaches Florida, it ...