Meteorite impacts helped create Earth’s oceans and continents. They sparked life’s evolution through changes in the ...

Roughly 3.26 billion years ago, Earth had a “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” moment. A monster meteor dubbed ...

The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that ...

Early life on Earth may have gotten an unexpected kickstart thanks to a massive meteor that struck the planet.

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

Harvard researchers found that when a meteorite nicknamed S2 paid a visit to our planet 3 billion years ago, it may have ...

The mammoth S2 meteorite, discovered in 2014, is believed to have caused a tsunami larger than any other known in Earth’s ...

A giant meteorite dubbed S2, which hit Earth around 3.26 billion years ago may have acted as a 'giant fertilizer bomb', ...

Life might have originated on Earth after a massive meteorite strike billions of years ago, says a new study. This space rock ...

Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of the S2 meteorite 3.26 billion years ago may have caused certain life ...

The S2 meteorite landed in South Africa and likely created massive tsunamis, blocking out sunlight with dust. But researchers ...