A new study now provides more precise insights into the timing and process of this event. The findings are based on analyses ...

China has initiated the formation of a planetary defence team to address the potential danger posed by near-Earth asteroids. This move comes after the identification of a sizeable asteroid that has ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

Astronomers have spied a monster radio jet in the distant universe that’s twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy. The ...

President Trump raised both hopes and hackles with the formation of a federal task force to root out “anti-Christian bias” within the federal government and the creation of a new White ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

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

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...