Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it ...

Ready for a show? On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar ...

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk. New research, published in Nature Sustainability on ...

The relationship between topography and the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is ...

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

Across India anxiety is growing about the early onset of summer and its impact on the economy. David Harrop from Warwickshire says a beautiful beach near Brisbane was just ripped up. Residents are ...

NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ... Photograph by NASA/Science Photo Library Asteroids often rotate, with their sunward side getting warmed up before spinning ...

Earth’s climate has long been shaped by subtle but powerful shifts in its orbit. These slow, predictable changes drive the planet in and out of ice ages over tens of thousands of years. A recent study ...

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NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of hitting our planet in 2032. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...