Earth

How long is the solar system’s longest day?

Venus spins on its axis almost upright - meaning it lacks discernable seasons - while… Read More

NASA shares rare glimpse of Earth-like clouds on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has shared footage of Earth-like clouds passing over Mars. Read More

Large asteroid to pass by Earth on March 21: NASA

The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million… Read More

Scientists discover first space hurricane above Earth

The hurricane occurred in August 2014, but the observations made by satellites were only recently… Read More

Planet Earth its quietest in decades

Earth had its quietest period in decades during 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced… Read More

Asteroids bigger than Eiffel Tower approach Earth

Though the size of the asteroids matters while calculating the risk, their speeds can greatly… Read More

Earth is spinning faster than at any time in the past 50 years

Official data revealed that time is passing quicker now than at any point in the… Read More

Japan space agency hails return of asteroid dust on Earth

Japan space agency officials on Sunday hailed the arrival of rare asteroid samples on Earth… Read More

Could this year end with a bang?: NASA says asteroid headed for Earth

The celestial object is expected to pass near Earth on Nov 2 Read More

Asteroid bigger than London Eye approaching Earth, warns NASA

The asteroid is traveling at a great speed of 48,000 kilometers per hour. Read More

The last places on earth without the coronavirus

Despite infecting more than three million people around the world, there are still 34 countries… Read More

Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by pandemic

Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return from the… Read More

Trembling Mars gives up more seismic secrets

Mars is a constantly tremoring "living" body, researchers said Monday as they unveiled measurements of… Read More

Earth just had its hottest January in recorded history

The news confirms a similar finding by the European Union's climate monitoring service last week,… Read More

Half-a-million insect species face extinction: scientists

Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects,… Read More

Oldest stuff on Earth found inside meteorite that hit Australia

A meteorite that crashed into rural southeastern Australia in a fireball in 1969 contained the… Read More

NASA planet hunter finds Earth-sized world

The planet, named "TOI 700 d", is relatively close to Earth -- only 100 light… Read More

November 2019 was second hottest on record

Last month was the second hottest November in the 140-year global climate record, a US… Read More

‘Possibility of life’: scientists map Saturn’s exotic moon Titan

Scientists on Monday unveiled the first global geological map of Saturn’s moon Titan including vast… Read More

Prince Harry plans only two children out of concern for planet

His first born is almost three months old. Read More