Was was the worst asteroid ever? Fifty thousand years ago, a space rock slammed into Earth and made a big boom.

It is popularly believed that around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs ...

Who is Sarah West? Judge faces calls to be fired over Minnesota fraud case Remembering French actor and animal activist ...

Asteroid 2005 UK1, nicknamed nickname planet killer because of its huge size, will fly within 0.08 astronomical units AU, or ...

They survived the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, but something else sealed their fate just a few hundred thousand ...

Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision ...

We run down five of the best good-news science stories from 2025 – from beating ageing to uncovering the distant Universe ...

Big Debt plays a role in disintegrative warfare. In the U.S., 2022's hyperinflation and government budget excess exacerbated Washington's debt problem. Washington's structural debt is the biggest self ...

Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunders ventures into ...

Fans of the Netflix Korean sci-fi film The Great Flood will also enjoy disaster movies like Michael Bay's Armageddon and ...

From "Marty Supreme" to "Sinners" to some hidden gems you've never heard of, film critic Brett Arnold shares his favorite ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% ...