Geological resources such as critical metals and minerals, essential for the diffusion of technologies such as renewable ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

Staffing cuts of 10% or more at the parent agency of the National Weather Service could endanger the safety of New Yorkers, U ...

Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...

NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ... Photograph by NASA/Science Photo Library Asteroids often rotate, with their sunward side getting warmed up before spinning ...

Solid Earth sciences encompass the study of the crust, mantle and core of the Earth and other rocky planetary bodies. Earth sciences include petrology, mineralogy, seismology, core studies ...

Asteroid 2024 YR 4 ... science and notification processes,” NASA wrote. The planetary defense team also said they would continue to monitor “all known asteroids” they may come Earth ...

When asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered, there was a small chance it could impact Earth in 2032. However, the threat has significantly diminished after additional observations over the past month.

Weeks after it emerged that an asteroid was projected to collide with Earth in 2032, NASA has now significantly lowered the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the planet to near-zero.