New research shows iodine in Earth’s early atmosphere delayed the ozone layer’s stabilization, affecting life evolution.

Didymos is a near-Earth double asteroid, consisting of the ‘primary asteroid’ of the same name [eng. primary vs. secondary asteroid], which is orbited by the smaller ‘asteroid moon’ Dimorphos. Didymos ...

An international team of scientists has called for the creation of an 18th addition to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which would aim to mitigate against the accumulation of space ...

Perched on top of a remote, wind-swept hill in rural mid-Wales sits a series of structures designed to protect us against ... observatory which tracks "near-Earth objects" - comets and asteroids ...

the consequences of being blindsided by a hazardous near-Earth asteroid aren't trivial, making it vital we come up with a ...

Researchers from more than 20 organizations worldwide have found that if we can leave just 1.2 percent of Earth's land alone, we can "head off" the most likely and imminent extinctions coming our way.

AB, a 42-foot Near-Earth Asteroid, will pass just 95,200 miles from Earth, providing scientists a unique chance to study it ...