Dubbed "city killer", the space rock now has an estimated 1.5 per cent (or 1 in 67) chance of striking our planet during a ...

Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so ...

Ignored for most of its existence, the huge ice-bound island has been thrust into a geopolitical maelstrom. It’s trying to ...

According to an alternative model of how intelligent life emerges on planets like Earth, the existence of aliens—and human ...

A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

Hundreds of millions of Americans will have the chance in March to see the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years.

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...

Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...