A space rock measuring approximately 64 metres across is speeding towards Earth at nearly 47,000 miles per hour, with its ...

Any day now, it could happen: We could detect an asteroid on an Earth-crossing trajectory. It might be tomorrow; it might be a thousand years from now. So what can we do about it?

The World Economic Forum uses the phrase "tipping point" when describing the various environmental consequences that will ensue once Earth warms more than 1.5º Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

FARGO — Earth will reach its closest point to the sun on Jan. 2, 2024, when the sun will be 91,403,034 miles away. Earth is farthest from the sun in July, which is called aphelion.

Point Nemo, the loneliest and most remote expanse of ocean on Earth, is where spacecraft go when they die.. This spread of water, 34 times larger than France, has been used as a dumping ground for ...

The Earth and moon viewed by Chang'e 5 from Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 in April 2021. Credit: CNSA/CLEP HELSINKI — The orbiter for China’s Chang’e-6 lunar far side sample return mission is ...

On Earth, the magnetic field of our planet points a compass north, but in space, things are a bit more complicated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Even as the Northern Hemisphere experiences winter’s chill, our planet on Tuesday, depending on your time zone, will be at perihelion, the closest it gets to the sun during its elliptical orbit.