Encircling Earth are the Van Allen radiation belts—vast, doughnut-shaped rings of highly energetic charged particles, mostly ...
A powerful solar eruption created striking auroras in the night sky around the planet on Oct. 10 and 11. See photos.
Michiganders — and sky watchers in other parts of North America — got a glimpse of the northern lights Thursday night, which ...
The research team studied plate tectonic reconstructions for the Ordovician period and noted where 21 asteroids hit on Earth. All these craters are located within 30 degrees of the equator—despi ...
Scientists have revealed images of a second massive asteroid impact called Nadir Crater buried 300 meters under the ocean ...
The spectacular sight of mountain goats defying gravity on a vertical dam wall in Italy, and all because they are have a craving for some of Earth's elements essential to life. Professor Brian Cox ...