(THE CONVERSATION/AP) - With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a celestial treat – you might see shooting stars, and maybe even fireballs, the ...

The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...

Over a century ago, on the morning of the June, 30, 1908, a stupendous explosion occurred over the Tunguska forest of Siberia. The resulting shock waves were detected on seismographs thousands of ...

Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the ...

On June 30, 1908, a catastrophic explosion rocked the skies over Eastern Siberia, releasing an energy equivalent to 10–15 megatons of TNT. Known as the Tunguska event, this mysterious occurrence ...

In the early morning of June 30, 1908, a massive explosion flattened entire forests in a remote region of Eastern Siberia along the Tunguska River. Curiously, the explosion left no crater, creating a ...

In all likelihood, June 30, 1908, began as a normal morning in Siberia. At last, the frozen boreal woods had given way to the thaw of early summer. The dawn was interrupted when a light nearly as ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...