In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...

To see the parade, find a dark place with a clear view of the western horizon at nightfall. Mercury and Saturn will be low in ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting our planet are now zero. Last week, it was the riskiest asteroid to hit our planet since records began.

For now, life thrives on our oxygen-rich planet. But Earth’s atmosphere won’t always be so welcoming. In fact, scientists ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Earth’s current ice-covered state is an anomaly, relying on rare geological conditions, and scientists caution that excessive ...

Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many ...

The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...