The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place 251.9 million years ago. At that time, the supercontinent Pangea was in the process of breaking up, but all land on ...

The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, could hit Earth in seven years have fluctuated recently, but experts aren’t preparing for the worst yet. At the end of 2024, a NASA-funded ...

After a small delay from its original release date, The Day the Earth Blew Up is officially the first fully animated Looney Tunes movie to get a theatrical release. IGN had the chance to review ...

Driving Earth’s tectonic plate movement and powering its magnetic field requires an immense amount of power. The energy is derived from the center of the Earth, but scientists are certain the ...

It was only a few days ago that a certain fear-mongering website named, ahem, Ars Technica published an article about the prospect of a killer asteroid striking the planet Earth in the year 2032.

World's Oldest Impact Crater Found, Rewriting Earth's Ancient History Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

27. (ATLAS / University of Hawaii / NASA) The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, could hit Earth in seven years have fluctuated recently, but experts aren't preparing for the worst yet.

NASA scientists previously estimated that the odds of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 could rise to 20 percent, but the agency never told the public. A statistical analysis ...

Earth is moving much faster than it seems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It may feel like we're standing still, but Earth ...

BEFORE the time of the Scotch geologist, James Hut- ton, some 6,000 years was believed to indicate the age of the earth, and, indeed, of the entire universe. The advent of the uniformitarian ...

The diamond anvil crushed iron and helium together under conditions mimicking those inside the Earth, to create a new compound. These compounds remained stable when pressures were reduced.

(CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. NASA has calculated that the space rock has a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the ...