Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

An unknown small object, traveling thousands of miles per hour, punctured a satellite in Earth's orbit. The satellite company ...

Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage ...

If you thought the mass extinction caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact 65 million years ago was bad, think again. Travel ...

This year won’t just be the hottest on record—it could be the first to surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris climate accord ...

Earth's city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The green glow ...

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...

2024 may be a record-shattering year of intense heat, not just for us humans, but also for our planet. In this very year, we ...

The astronauts remained tight-lipped about the nature of the medical issue that had left an as-yet-undisclosed crew member ...