The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.

For a while, the scientists reported, the core’s rotation matched Earth’s spin. Then it slowed even more, until the core was ...

As of Jan. 31, 2024 YR4 is 30 million miles from Earth and moving farther away on its outbound path around the sun, reported NASA. The asteroid will continue its orbit around the Sun and will safely ...

While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it was before, raising questions about the planet's magnetic field. If the Earth's field is disrupted ...