Europa, Jupiter’s frozen moon, is one of the most promising places in the solar system to harbor life, with a vast hidden ...

Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) — and you can ...

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, simulations show.

A study published in Nature found some regions on Earth experience peak spring at unexpected times. Researchers found ...

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis is set for a close but non-threatening brush with Earth on Friday, April 13 ...

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...

A fireball over France revealed a tougher kind of asteroid, named 2023 CX1, raising new concerns about how small impacts can ...

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to ...