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Earth has acquired a temporary companion in space, but it will not stay for long. A small space…

NASA’s 3,200-pound Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has plunged back to Earth after nearly 22 years in orbit, bringing…

The gash in Earth’s protective sunscreen has logged a worrying new data point—but scientists say the long…

Earth has a new moon, but don’t get too attached. Our planet’s gravity pulled a small space rock…

Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in Mali four years ago, is a fragment of…

A UK biotechnology company has successfully completed a landmark mission to the ISS that could pave the way…

Earth’s North and South poles haven’t merely drifted—they’ve apparently taken four significant road trips. A new study…

From dinosaurs to continents (or, rather, continent), things seem to have been so much bigger back in prehistoric…

Elon Musk is known for having planet-sized ambitions, and his latest pronouncement lives up to that billing. “This…

THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — Spring has finally arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and, in Chile, even the desert is…

Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These…

In this animation, frames of NISAR data from December 2025 to August 2026 show the spread of lava…

Earth has a new mini-moon: a 1-metre space rock named 2026 QQ8 was pulled into orbit around our planet in April, was spotted in August, and will stay until about December before drifting off on its own path in 2027