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.

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

The ring might have lasted tens of millions of years, cooling Earth with its shadow. Curious about the world? To enjoy our mind-expanding science coverage, sign up to Simply Science ...

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 ...

Tomkins, whose study was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters ... the craters should have been distributed all over the planet. But the craters were clustered around the Equator ...

An asteroid hurtling toward Earth could be deflected without a spacecraft ... Nikk Ogasa is a staff writer who focuses on the physical sciences for Science News. He has a master's degree in ...

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 ...

A report by Live Science mentioned a study suggesting that 2024 PT5 likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which contains space rocks that orbit the sun near Earth. Due to its orbit ...