“We only look at asteroids with a potential threat to Earth,” Dr Kruzins says. “A lot of asteroids are just bags of sand held together by gravity, and this one looks very similar to that. It would ...

A Sri Lankan born world famous conservation scientist and the Conservation International’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. M. Sanjayan said Sri Lanka had a lot to offer as it was a unique place on earth ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has captured an image of a blue jet sprite in the Earth's atmosphere, a rare phenomenon only confirmed in recent years. Astronaut and keen astrophotographer Don Pettit ...

Imagine for a moment the atmosphere is a kitchen sink. Wildfires, industry emissions, plants and microbes dump their grimy dishes into it in the form of noxious and planet-heating gases.

NASA estimates that the space rock has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth in December 2032 ... such as meteors and bodies that burn up in the atmosphere as well as infrequent meteorite falls ...

On Dec. 17, the asteroid will come to within 5 million miles of Earth. Then, on Dec.22, 2032, 2024 YR4 will pass within just 167,000 miles of our planet. For context, the moon is 238,855 miles away.

Keep reading to learn more about Earth's different layers, its atmosphere, and what makes the "blue planet" unique. Earth is made out of different layers, and those layers get hotter and more ...

“I hope it gives people hope. There’s not a lot in world we can agree on…but everyone wants to be on this earth….happy, healthy.” Smith has a passion to get people together in love to ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally back on Earth after spending more than nine months in orbit on ...

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