The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...

The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are ...

R ecent research published in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta reveals that water reached Earth during the late stages of the planet's evolution from dust and gas, spec ...

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

Earth Commission Report1 provides major new insights into the potential for the transgression of Earth-system boundaries ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible ...

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Scientists have discovered how to turn common minerals into materials that spontaneously remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the lab, the materials pull CO2 from the air thousands ...

And if it hits home, it could cause an explosion equivalent to 500 atomic bombs, putting around 110 million lives at risk ...

NASA has just increased the likelihood that the asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the Earth on December 22, 2032, to 3.1%.

In 1891, examining a meteorite in Canyon Diablo, Arizona, scientists reported finding "hard particles" within it. Later, in ...

Fifth-year Yale astronomy doctoral candidate Emma Louden GRD ’26 co-authored an illustrated children’s story to inspire the ...