New calculations suggest that a large asteroid recently predicted to have an increased odds of striking Earth could miss the planet and might instead impact the Moon. Nasa’s Center for Near Earth ...

It's pretty common for Earth to be struck by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that have erupted from the sun. But what is less familiar to scientists is the terrifyingly-named 'cannibal' ejection of ...

A team of researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands have developed a neural network called “Hazardous Object Identifier” that they say can predict if an asteroid is on a collision course ...

THE OLDEST Earth rock ever found was picked up on the moon by Nasa astronauts nearly 50 years ago. That’s according to an astonishing new study, which found that a piece of lunar rock collected during ...

The Moon is a bit of an enigma. In some ways, it’s nothing like Earth, as its minerals contain few volatile chemicals and it has a relatively tiny core. But in other ways, it’s nearly our twin, with ...

PARIS A force known as orbital chaos may cause our Solar System to go haywire, leading to possible collision between Earth and Venus or Mars, according to a study released Wednesday. The good news is ...

In April 2024, researchers noted that some of the largest boulders might have been set on a collision course with Mars THERE may be a flaw in Nasa’s only defence against Earth-shattering asteroids, ...

Most of the Earth’s life-giving carbon may have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between our planet and an embryonic planet similar to Mercury, scientists, including one of Indian ...

A lunar rock picked up by Nasa astronauts in 1971 contains an ancient piece of Earth THE OLDEST Earth rock ever found was picked up on the moon by Nasa astronauts nearly 50 years ago. That’s according ...