An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with Earth, according to the United States Geological Survey. Small asteroids ...

Land use is one of the best tools we have to ... and habits would be left jostling for space on Earth’s oversubscribed terrain. Instead the model revealed that even the biggest changes required ...

Over 390 million years ago, the ancestors of modern land animals said, “Feet before fins,” and took their first steps on earth. Today, a research team at the University of Cambridge is ...

New assessment warns area the size of the USA will become too hot during extreme heat events for even healthy young humans to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2°C above preindustrial levels.

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...