Deflecting asteroids by running spaceships into them may sound like science fiction, but it's quite real. And it's quite a ...

We know who’s playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’s quartet of biopics, and we know (more or less) who’s playing their ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These 11-million-year-old glass fragments differ chemically and geographically ...

After decades of debate, scientists have finally confirmed that the mysterious Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was created by a massive asteroid impact around 45 million years ago. Credit: ...

For millions of years, the massive impact crater beneath Chesapeake Bay remained hidden, covered by layers of sediment. It was only in the early 1990s that scientists first detected its presence ...

The Tribune’s writers and critics have assembled their guides for fall arts and entertainment in Chicago, with everything you need to know about the best in books, theater, TV, movies, music, museums, ...

In September 2025, an X post (archived) viewed over 1 million times claimed the world's biggest meteorite impact crater was in Mexico and included a video of the purported site. The video and claim ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...