This asteroid is about the size of a large building, and it's hurtling along at tens of thousands of kilometres per hour. If ...

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The current warming of the Earth's surface comes from both anthropogenic factors (human activities) and natural factors.

The agency said that key components of the ambitious project, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the ...

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YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...

A hydrothermal system near the coast of Mexico, caused by the same asteroid event that killed the dinosaurs, lasted 700,000 ...

Rise and shine early on Friday, to see a celestial 'smiley face' in the eastern predawn sky. While meteor showers and auroras ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has delivered its most striking discovery yet: a close-range view of a bizarrely shaped asteroid that ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured the most detailed images yet of an oddly shaped asteroid during its recent flyby.