ATLAS, which should this weekend become a naked-eye object in the post-sunset sky from the northern hemisphere.

A comet just discovered last year by observers will whizz past Earth from 44 million miles away but leave a trail of dust and ...

Unpopulated and in the middle of nowhere, Point Nemo is starting to have a history. This article appears in the November 2024 ...

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called "planetesimals" in ...

More than two million Floridians are still without power after Hurricane Milton tore through the state. The storm has been ...

One of the key components for the evolution of life as we know it is the presence of “volatiles”: elements and compounds that ...

Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements ...

Approximately 41,000 years ago, Earth's magnetic field briefly reversed during what is known as the Laschamp event. During ...

A powerful solar outburst hit Earth Thursday, triggering a "severe" geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be visible as far south ...

A powerful geomagnetic storm illuminated auroras that lit the skies over Earth on Thursday (Oct. 9) after X 2 solar flare ...

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with ...

According to the 2024 Living Planet Report released today by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), where I serve as chief scientist, ...