An asteroid as large as five cruise ships is barreling towards Earth at 5.6 miles per second. Civilization thankfully isn’t ...
Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward ...
While scientists are revising the timeline at Australia's North Pole Dome, it's still our oldest known crater.
When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...
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 ...
Earth’s rotation is slowing as melting ice moves across the planet. New research says it’s driven by climate change and is ...
Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, ...
A building-sized asteroid will pass safely by Earth on June 27. Dozens of near-Earth objects like this one routinely pass relatively close to Earth without incident.