In April 2029, Apophis is predicted by NASA to come within 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) of the Earth's surface. Closer ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Scientists have successfully simulated the massive thunderstorm a wildfire once created, revealing how such fiery tempests ...

The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

NASA is tracking an airplane-sized asteroid that's due to zip past Earth tomorrow at around 28,600 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The ...

What can ancient moon rocks tell us about the origins of Earth, the future of space travel, and even the water we drink? At Case Western Reserve University, professor and geochemist Jim Van Orman is ...

July 15 (UPI) --A group of international researchers said Wednesday they witnessed some of the earliest stages of a planet beyond the Earth's sun beginning to form. The researchers from the United ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

A wise man once promised “that gum you like is going to come back in style,” and “The Day the Earth Blew Up” finds Daffy Duck and Porky Pig doing their darndest to make that a self-fulfilling prophecy ...