New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

An asteroid is the most likely reason the dinosaurs went extinct—but could something similar happen to us? A new study has compared the likelihood of a devastating asteroid impact to other causes of ...

Asteroids are unpredictable and can cause massive damage if they collide with Earth. NASA is taking this threat seriously and is working to mitigate - and even deflect - asteroids that may pose a ...