Earth is about to gain a second moon! A "mini-moon" named 2024 PT5 is a small asteroid that will temporarily orbit our planet ...

Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are 'Snowball Earth' events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.

A University of Washington study offers new insights into the end of the last Snowball Earth event, explaining how melting ...

During an equinox, places around the globe experience nearly equal amounts of daytime and nighttime. The second occurrence ...

While scientists confirm that a small asteroid is set to orbit the Earth, a photo that purports to show the moon and a ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

A rare mini-moon, a small asteroid temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, will briefly orbit the planet for two months. This 33-foot-long object, while billions of years old, was only recently ...

One of the most powerful and important books on the global environmental crises humanity faces has just been released in ...

Saturn’s rings are among the most beautiful features on any planet within our galaxy. Recently, a group of Australian ...

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Cape Town's Table Mountain is a marvel in every sense of the word. Here are four fascinating facts that may just surprise ...