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

The object, also designated C/2023 P1, ... The position of Comet Nishimura along its elliptical orbit (white line) on Sept. 12 when it was at its closest point to Earth.

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.

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?

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 ...