A newly discovered space rock will zoom safely by Earth later today (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

These erratic variations have raised questions about the stability of Earth’s magnetic field and whether our planet’s ...

MIT scientists have discovered ancient rock samples from Greenland, Canada, and Hawaii exhibiting a rare potassium-40 deficit ...

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion ...

Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...

Since Pluto was relegated to dwarf planet status, almost everyone has agreed that there are eight planets in our solar system ...

Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the European Space Agency's Swarm satellite constellation, scientists have ...

Imagine a geographical discovery in the 21st century. It seemed that we had mapped the entire planet Earth from the North ...

For almost a decade, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in the solar system. Recently, new evidence of ...

Asteroid 2025 TP5, discovered just two days before its approach, will fly past Earth on October 15 at a dangerously close ...