Earth is getting a temporary second "mini moon," a.k.a. the 2024 PT5 asteroid. Here's how you can see it and if it will ...

A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

Instead of crashing through our atmosphere, an asteroid heading towards Earth will instead be temporarily captured in our ...

Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.

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

Researchers have introduced the "potential oxygen fugacity" parameter to track the evolution of Earth's mantle and atmosphere ...

China discovers 4.96 million tonnes of rare earth elements, which are crucial to tech development, in one of its poorest ...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a remarkable material in lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e 5 mission. This finding ...