Earth grew to its final size through one last major collision with another Mars-sized object. This last collision, also known as the “moon-forming impact,” was so large that—in addition to adding lots ...

Hopefully that’ll never happen, but objects of this size tend to hit Earth about once every 80,000 years, unleashing catastrophic damage and global-scale impact winters. Images of Apophis ...

It gets so close that the line on NASA's trajectory map for the asteroid actually passes through Earth as it crosses the planet's orbit. Don't worry, this is a harmless space rock. An asteroid ...

The longer she was in orbit, Cristoforetti says, the more her perception of humanity’s time on Earth evolved. When the massive geologic forces that have sculpted the planet are visible at a ...

A: We had no direct view of Earth until the dawn of the Space Age. Finding physical evidence that our planet revolves around the Sun took some clever thinking to prove that this heliocentric model ...

In the clip, shared on TikTok on Sunday by his owner, under the username @nattnaomi, the 8-month-old black rescue kitty can ...

William R. Kenan Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science Collin Roesler talks to the academic journal Science about NASA’s recently launched PACE satellite, which will provide valuable ...

From fellow earth signs like Virgo and Capricorn to water signs like Cancer, here’s everything to know about Taurus compatibility, according to astrologers Katie Mannion is a contributing writer ...

Earth Day is just around the corner! Every year, we have the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the wilderness and marvel at the unmatched beauty of Mother Nature. This year is no different; You ...

STEP 2 - Compare the football and modelling clay ball in size. The football represents the Sun and the modelling clay ball is the Earth. Because the Earth is always slowly spinning, everywhere on ...

Earth Day became an annual event starting on April 22, 1970. The goal was to have a day to support the environment and protect our planet for future generations. Each year since then, more than a ...