As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been following asteroid 2024 YR4 for months. It was first identified by NASA late last year and has been ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Researchers at the University of Southern California say they’ve unraveled the mystery of why Earth’s inner core has been slowing, gradually altering the length of a ...

Today, the location pays homage to the building’s rich history with dark panels and brass balustrades. At the same time, bespoke furniture helps maintain the idea that this is one of the most ...

The Znamya project had the potential to change the world. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an experiment that was ...

Ever since the Bennu samples returned to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, we and our colleagues on four continents have spent hundreds of hours studying them. The instruments on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made ...

After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet's rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world's only hope for ...

With this latest achievement, Williams now holds a total of 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalk time ... for several months, back to Earth "as soon as practical." ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate, and ammonia. Together, ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...