In this map-based feature, gauge the scope and effects, both actual and potential, of the human "footprint" on our planet. To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.—Lexi Krock ...

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.

They rebuilt the world map at the time using plate tectonic reconstructions ... After the asteroid was destroyed near Earth, it formed a nascent ring around our planet. Then, over 40 million years, as ...

or ATLAS, an asteroid monitoring system in South Africa. Advertisement The researchers say Earth's gravity will pull the tiny ...

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...

The word "atlas," may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, ...

“Planet Earth III” captures the beauty of nature ... we are swept away to the rarest places in the world to watch snow leopards play in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, a pack of Arctic wolves ...

It starts with the map of the world familiar to everyone ... Indeed, it will allow us to much better understand the feedback ...

A new mini-moon—referred to scientifically as 2024 PT5—is set to make a two-month orbit around the Earth this fall. Here’s ...

The gigantic asteroid 2024 ON, about the size of a blue whale, will fly close to Earth next Tuesday, missing our planet by ...