China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is about to arrive at Kamoʻoalewa, Earth’s mysterious “mini-moon,” to collect samples that may ...

"Eventually, our own Voyager spacecraft will be extraterrestrial artifacts in other stellar systems." ...

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what ...

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists ...

An asteroid as large as five cruise ships is barreling towards Earth at 5.6 miles per second. Civilization thankfully isn’t ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

Vegetarians need not worry yet—plants will be on Earth for a long time to come. But not forever. The sun will ultimately ...

Earth’s rotation is slowing as melting ice moves across the planet. New research says it’s driven by climate change and is ...

Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward ...

The last time an asteroid similar in size passed safely by Earth from an even closer distance was in 2022, when a space rock ...

We look at the science behind building an elevator to take us into space ...