One of the most powerful online tools at your disposal is the sprawling Google Earth project, which allows you to use ...

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For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their ...

While the reasons for the staggering weather are not fully understood, the researchers interpret these winds to be six times ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

The Blue Ghost lunar mission has captured a gorgeous image of Earth as it ramps up its journey toward the moon.

A private U.S. spacecraft has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

Stargazers who haven't had a chance to check out this month's planet parade will want to look up soon because there's ...

Study suggests dinosaurs originated in the Amazon, but their fossils are missing. They started as small, bipedal creatures in ...

MOUNT Everest has long been considered the tallest mountain on Earth, but new research reveals it might not even come close.