It is estimated that ~25 million meteoroids, micrometeoroids, and other space debris enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, and ...

The South Atlantic Anomaly is an area where Earth’s  magnetic field is weaker, resulting in increased radiation exposure.

In a nutshell • The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Earth’s strongest ocean current, is projected to weaken by about 20% by ...

More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by ...

As dark moonless skies make new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 possible, researchers are refining its orbit — and its ...

For the last month and change, you might've seen the headlines about the planetary alignment, or a planetary parade, going on in our solar system ... alignments to major Earth-based events ...

In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky stretching all the way to zenith — the point directly overhead. Directly ...

Solaris promises to be a major platform for education and research, with a particular focus on academic research into the Sun and its impact on the Earth.

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

When it comes to four or more planets in the night sky, that's a bit less common, occurring every few years or so. For millennia, humans have linked planetary alignments to major Earth-based ...

That path is called the ecliptic, and it exists because all planets in our solar system ... four or more planets in the night sky, that's a bit less common, occurring every few years or so. For ...