It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but Earth's "mini-moon" is here to stay for a couple of months.

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

Along the lunar orbital path, the point of closest proximity is known as perigee, which is when the moon is, on average, ...

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

A recently discovered comet, known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, will make its closest approach of Earth on Saturday.

whose study was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. “That made me think how would I see, in the geological record, if Earth had had a ring in the past as well.” Dr. Tomkins and ...

The timeline shows Earth’s average temperature dropping to as low as 11° Celsius and rising to as high as 36° C, researchers report in the Sept. 20 Science. Previous computer simulation-based ...

Most of humanity will never get a first-person view of this magnificent sight. But the rare few that experience the wonder of extraterrestrial travel have documented their journeys in detail, giving ...

The Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS ... atmospheric sciences and environmental science, and promote sustainability at all levels in society. Meet rising researcher ...

BBC Studios’ BBC Earth Science YouTube channel has launched an 18-part online series created by After Party Studios.

It's an asteroid named 2024 PT5, which entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be caught there until Nov. 25, before flying away back into the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this ...