NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

Fossilized pollen helped track a region’s vegetation back in time, while modern pollen carried traces of the present climate ...

It’s the best known of the six mass extinctions the planet has seen – or is seeing – through its long history. But that’s ...

Asteroid 2003 MH4, a large space rock, will make a close approach to Earth on May 24, 2025. While not an immediate threat, ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some ...

A large asteroid, 2003 MH4, will pass by Earth on May 24. It is about the size of the Eiffel Tower. The asteroid will travel ...

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis ...

Learn more about how this hydrothermal system may have provided life on Earth with vital nutrients after the dino-killing ...

NASA confirms Asteroid 2003 MH4's close yet safe flyby near Earth on 24 May. No impact risk; tracked by CNEOS with full ...

Nasa's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) and planetary defense teams are vigilantly tracking 2003 MH4’s trajectory ...

The asteroid, known as 387746 (2003 MH4), is enormous. It measures around 335 metres wide, or 1,100 feet. That’s roughly the size of a 100-storey skyscraper.

We think of impact events as being disastrous for life,” Harvard geologist Nadja Drabon explains, but one such impact by a ...