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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the ...