The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.

The surprising January heat record coincides with a new study by a climate science heavyweight, former top NASA scientist ...

President Donald Trump’s purge of diversity initiatives has affected both federal agencies and the institutions they fund, ...

Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would be in for, hinting at what it'd take for us to survive such a catastrophe.

As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern satellite records from 2001 to 2020, according to a recent study published ...

For Americans, news of a record warm January might seem odd given how cold it was. But the U.S. is just a tiny fraction of ...

The PFAS in lithium-ion batteries is a major obstacle to recycling or disposing of these batteries safely. But we have a way ...

Scientists have simulated what would happen if asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide space rock, were to collide with Earth in ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...

Félicette was the first cat to travel to space, launching on October 18, 1963. Félicette was one of 14 female cats trained ...