Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major ...

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Scientists are continuing to strengthen the case that a fragmented comet exploded in Earth's atmosphere nearly 13,000 years ...

For a long time, the end of the Ice Age felt like a slow fading rather than a sharp break. Mammoths vanished. Old ways of ...

The unusual behaviour of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has reignited online debate, but astronomers say the gaps in public ...

New evidence suggests that a comet explosion over North America may have triggered a massive wave of destruction nearly ...

New research suggests a comet explosion helped cause ice age extinctions, sudden cooling, and the loss of early human cultures.

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

I/ATLAS is the fastest comet ever recorded and its interstellar! NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains. Credit: NASA's ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak overnight between Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, offering a brief but intense burst of meteors.

We're taking a look back at 10 of the most memorable space moments from 2025, as we leap into a new year that's sure to be ...

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star of Bethlehem, he wrote that it should be “classified with the comets which ...