On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little ...

The article examines the origins of ocean salinity through processes like weathering, erosion, volcanic activity, and ...

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...

We know Mars once had an active geological past, filled with water, volcanic activity, and dynamic geological changes. Now, ...

Some of the most dramatic climate events in history are the Snowball Earth episodes, which occurred hundreds of millions of ...

Earth will soon have a second moon, but it will be nothing like the one we're accustomed to seeing in the night sky. The new "mini-moon" will be asteroid 2024 PT5, a space rock discovered earlier this ...

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

This week, we examine the recent pager explosions in the Middle East, which have reignited concerns about further escalation ...

Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its gravitational pull on Nov. 25.

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...