The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...

Geologists suggest the catastrophic impact of "S2" delivered key nutrients to the oceans, prompting microorganisms to thrive ...

Early life on Earth may have gotten an unexpected kickstart thanks to a massive meteor that struck the planet.

Harvard researchers found that when a meteorite nicknamed S2 paid a visit to our planet 3 billion years ago, it may have ...

Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an ...

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that ...

A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, ...

A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, ...

Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

A giant meteorite, the size of four Mount Everests, is thought to have crashed into Earth around 3.26 billion years ago and ...

The mammoth S2 meteorite, discovered in 2014, is believed to have caused a tsunami larger than any other known in Earth’s ...