A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many ...

There is an estimated 2.3% chance that the 2024 YR4 asteroid is heading our way. Here's everything you need to know about the ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Astronomers worldwide are monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2% chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032. While the probability is low, the asteroid’s size and trajectory were enough to ...

China has begun recruiting for a planetary defense force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably ...

Experts from both business and academia are recommending using digital twins to forecast what’s going to happen in complex ...

Five years ago, NASA provided an updated version of the Pale Blue Dot. JPL engineer Kevin M Gill reprocessed the image with modern tools but following the original approach, even receiving inputs from ...

Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...

Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 ...