Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation before rising up again to the more temperate climes we experience today.

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

A volcano erupted in Central America tens of thousands of years ago, creating an explosion so enormous that scientists ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Coauthor of the study, Professor Lorraine Lisiecki of the University of California, Santa Barbara, added: “This is important ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft took some unique photos of our home planet on its Mission 1 flight to the moon in ...

A supernova explosion about 2.5 million years ago sent cosmic rays to Earth. Around that time, virus diversity in Lake ...

Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...

The Bundesliga club boast a glittering history and immense pride of their Bavarian roots, but continue to seek to grow their ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with officials on Monday to discuss rare earth metals production, which he ...