Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are "Snowball Earth" events that happened hundreds of ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

Earth is getting a temporary second "mini moon," a.k.a. the 2024 PT5 asteroid. Here's how you can see it and if it will ...

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Earth is set to become a two-moon planet for the next couple of months as a 10-metre-wide asteroid - officially known as ...

Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...