The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

A Mars-size object called Theia smashed into Earth, and the debris coalesced into the moon. Now scientists believe they may have identified pieces of Theia at the bottom of Earth’s mantle. A new study ...

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The Earth faces significant contamination issues, not only on its surface but also in space with an accumulation of space debris. Astrodude explores the reasons behind this problem. ‘Category A ...

Following the imposition of US tariffs, China announced it would enforce export controls on certain rare earth metals—materials critical to sectors like electric vehicles, semiconductors, and defense.

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

A new study suggests that millions of tiny space rock fragments, which were ejected from the 2022 collision between asteroid Dimorphos and NASA's DART spacecraft, may be on a collision course with ...

Rocks knocked off Dimorphos could come back to bite us in a few years—in the form of harmless meteors. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. Until recently, many discounted the idea that life could have existed ...

A building-sized asteroid will zoom by Earth Saturday, while another asteroid twice its size will make an even closer approach Monday, with NASA keeping an eye on the second asteroid due to its size ...

Google Earth VR was an early and enchanting app for the first generation of modern PC VR headsets, but unfortunately it never made the leap to the standalone era. Now a new app, FLY, brings the magic ...

Earth now is hotter than it’s been at any time in recorded history. Average global temperatures shattered records on two consecutive days last week, reaching 17.09° Celsius on July 21 and then inching ...