The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests.

When a giant asteroid hit Earth around 66 million years ago, it created a massive disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs. But somehow, many mammals survived, and scientists have some ideas why. Unlike ...

There is probably no better example of the destructive power of space rocks upon our planet than the asteroid that killed the ...

Scientists have long known that asteroid impacts shaped Earth's history, most famously the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. However, researchers now suggest a lesser-known meteorite, S2 ...

"At this time, the existence of a global layer of iridium, marking the end of geologic preservation of dinosaurs, was discovered, resulting in a groundbreaking hypothesis that a large meteorite impact ...

The study gives new insight into how Komodo dragons keep their teeth razor-sharp and may provide clues to how dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex killed ... Scientists Assess How Large Dinosaurs ...

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

As It Happens6:19Meteorite that hit Earth 3 billion years ago dwarfed rock that caused dinosaur extinction: study Over three billion years ago, a meteorite bigger than the city of Toronto struck ...

The S2 meteorite is estimated to have been up to 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs. Analysis suggests it triggered a tsunami that mixed up the ocean and flushed debris from ...

This asteroid famously led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, showcasing the importance of NASA's work. NASA collaborates with other space agencies to study potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs).