Earth is facing two major natural threats: one from deep space and one from beneath our feet. In this playlist, we look at ...

The meteorite​ that caused a sonic boom heard throughout Massachusetts on Saturday ​landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod ...

NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

Incredible footage captured the moment a dazzling green fireball soared behind Mount Mayon in the Philippines, but it was ...

Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury hosts water ice at its poles. Now scientists may know how it got there.

Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State ...

The inner solar system is a lot calmer than it was 4 billion years ago, during what’s known as the heavy bombardment period. Over the course of that violent stretch, which lasted about 500 million ...

Meteor burning up as it approaches Earth's atmosphere - Angel_nt/Getty Images Residents of northeast Ohio experienced a shock on the morning of Tuesday, March 17, 2026 when a sonic boom rattled houses ...