A number of ancient cultures believed that the Earth was flat because, simply, they didn’t know any better. But incredibly, there are people today who still believe that the Earth is flat ...
This year is on course to be the hottest on record, with an average global surface temperature more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. But there is some better news: the overall amount of ...
Spiralling costs, however, means Nasa is now examining alternative cheaper proposals, including ones from private space companies. While analysing those samples on Earth with advanced and potentially ...
SpaceX recently shared a video taken from space that offers a stunning view of Earth as the company's satellites prepare to deploy in orbit following a recent rocket launch. The company ...
How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
When it hit Earth, it blew a Maryland-sized hole in the crust, igniting global firestorms and killing off some 75 percent of species. For the dinosaurs it drove to extinction, the event was ...
As it travels, it will conduct flybys of Mars and then Earth, using each planet's gravity to help it save fuel and increase speed on its way to Jupiter. Its solar panels will help the “Europa ...
An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth ...
The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...
It is the largest spacecraft NASA has built for a planetary mission, at about 100 feet (30.5 meters) long and about 58 feet (17.6 meters) wide with its antennas and solar arrays fully deployed.