NASA and its partners recently tested an aircraft guidance system that could help planes maintain a precise course even while ...

Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the ...

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of our Solar System. The planet sizes tested were 1 percent of Earth's mass, ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...

A recently discovered asteroid that has captured the attention of the astronomy community now has a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth ... impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large ...

"It's like a lid on top of its convective mantle." But without any other nearby planets exhibiting plate tectonics to compare Earth's system to, it's hard to know precisely what causes a planet to ...

With the help of technology, we can tune into the hidden sounds of our planet, from the pull of the moon on our mountains and cities to a silent rumble so deep and powerful, it can move the earth ...

The chances of our planet colliding with this newly discovered object in 2032 are very remote, but they have recently almost ...

The meteorite was identified as billions of years older than Earth itself. The cosmic element offers valuable insights into the early formation of the solar system. Due to its unique composition ...

Even Earth's moon had a 95% chance of supporting a stable ring system in the simulations. "[W]e did not anticipate that moons in a hostile gravitational environment, with many other moons and ...