We might already be too late to knock ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 out of the way with a tested method, a scientist has warned. The space rock has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in in 2032, ...

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A strong stream of solar wind on its way to the Earth may spark bright northern lights on Valentine’s Day. Northern lights, or aurora borealis, are caused when charged particles from the Sun are ...

A used Dragon capsule, rather than a new one, will allow the crew that will replace Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to reach the International Space Station starting March 12 ...

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

Scientists have detected the highest-energy ghost particle neutrino ever, but did it come from a supermassive black hole particle accelerator aiming its jet straight at Earth, or from a cosmic fossil?

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also ...

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

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

The team announced its “ultrahigh energy” neutrino on Wednesday, in a paper published in the journal Nature. The finding ...

Research reveals structural changes in the inner core's surface, indicated by differences in seismic wave pairs.

Undersea detectors anchored deep in the Mediterranean Sea found an ultra-high-energy neutrino, a particle that opens a new window onto the cosmos.