What are the chances of an actual impact of the ‘city killer’ asteroid YR4 ? The likelihood of a collision between our planet and the asteroid 2024 YRA has been reduced by sci ...

Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented ...

A NASA scientist has predicted where a huge asteroid - the size of Big Ben - could potentially hit Earth in seven years' time ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of ...

The rise of the "Snow Moon" today sets in motion a lunar orbit that will result in a total lunar eclipse for North America on ...

Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction.

Just half a degree rise of global warming will triple the size of the area of Earth that is ... static area on the map. It ...

“It maps regions of the Earth that weaken seismic energy, ultimately affecting the measurements many seismologists use to understand other physical and chemical properties of Earth’s interior ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Space agencies are ...