A 2021 NASA study did indeed determine the probability of Bennu, a large asteroid heavily studied that year, coming into contact with Earth by the year 2300. The report said the likelihood was “very ...
What happens at the end of our world? Scientists have found an Earth-like planet orbiting a star 4,000 light years away from the solar system that may reveal our planet’s ultimate fate. The rocky ...
The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.
Scientists are sharpening their forecasts for how long Earth can remain a comfortable home for complex organisms, and the latest work points to a much earlier cutoff than the classic textbook ...
Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of ...
Our 24-hour day measures Earth’s rotation relative to the Sun, known as a solar day. This is slightly longer than Earth’s ...
An international team has successfully extracted the world's oldest ice sample from Antarctica. Spanning 1.2 million years of climate history, this ancient ice core promises to unveil secrets about ...