The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth.

Latest research led by Professor Zhonghua YAO of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (DEPS) at The University of ...

A small comet has been spotted slowing down and then speeding up again – but in the opposite direction, which we have never ...

Paul Earle, a graduate student, spent two weeks in a room full of boxes filled with nine-track computer tapes in the basement of the Albuquerque Seismological ...

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak has begun acting a little unusually, but there are likely natural explanations before we go ...

The observation was described on March 26 in the Astronomical Journal. Nine years ago, comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák—41P for short—dramatically slowed its spin. Researchers reported that in early ...

Over the course of humanity's long, slow slog through the ages, we've built some incredible structures, and China in particular is not new to grand engineering feats. The Great Wall is roughly 13,166 ...

Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Days are getting longer as a result of climate change, as warmer temperatures lead to a slowing of Earth’s rotation at a rate scientists say has not been seen for at least 3.6 million years. New ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. New research shows that rising sea levels caused by melting ice sheets are redistributing mass across the planet, ...

Scientists have observed a small comet (Comet 41P) that stopped spinning completely and then started up again, but in the opposite direction. This unexpected reversal reveals how quickly these icy ...

If you’ve seen illustrations or models of the solar system, maybe you noticed that all the planets orbit the Sun in more or less the same plane, traveling in the same direction. But what is above and ...