The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

This meteorite, designated as S2, is roughly 200 times larger than the Chicxulub responsible for the dinosaurs’ extinction.

From the deepest ocean trench to the tallest mountain, plate tectonics explains the features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past. The theory of plate tectonics was ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame. Two had already zipped past early in the morning, according to ...

Illustration: The Planetary Society Like ‘Oumuamua, Apophis is expected to swing by Earth. In all-but-the-slimmest likelihood, Apophis is not a threat to life on Earth. A lot would have to go wr ...

There is probably no better example of the destructive power of space rocks upon our planet than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs along with three-quarters of Earth's plant and animal ...

Here’s how it works. Earth's mantle is split by the Pacific Ring of Fire, an ancient schism that reflects the creation and destruction of the supercontinent Pangaea, a new study finds.

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to ...

"We're seeing cracks in the resilience of the Earth's systems," Johan Rockström, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, said at an event at New York Climate Week in ...