Spirit Lake "had a smaller footprint that consisted of west and east arms connected by a narrow span of water — similar in shape to the top half of a heart," according to NASA's Earth Observatory.

There is a well-known story of a gentleman who held that Earth was flat. He took a spirit level on a long-haul flight and afterwards announced that, other than during take-off and landing ...

World's Oldest Impact Crater Found, Rewriting Earth's Ancient History Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

The odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 now stand at 1-in-32, or a 3.1 percent chance of collision, according to the latest data from NASA. On February 7, NASA upped the likelihood of the ...

Spirit Airlines again rejected Frontier Airlines’s latest takeover bid, opting to instead focus on its restructuring process to bolster financial stability. Spirit, an ultra-low-cost airline ...

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also deforming around the edges Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent Deep at the ...

Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18). An Electron vehicle carrying the first "Gen-3" satellite for the geospatial ...

People love meme-ing the carrier, at the bare-minimum treatment on Spirit’s distinctive yellow planes. But online, the tides have been turning in favor of the company that was ranked No. 98 out ...

The odds of a recently discovered asteroid hitting the Earth in 2032 have slightly increased, but one local scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said there’s no need to worry.

Feb. 15 (UPI) --NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency are ...

These trees are dark green, but in such a high concentration, they look much darker from low Earth orbit, according to the BBC. The dense foliage also lures a variety of seabirds, including ...

That’s not even close to the size of the “planet-killer” asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and led to the extinction of dinosaurs. That one was estimated to be about 6.2 ...