New 3I/ATLAS images from NASA and the ESA suggest the interstellar comet is active as it approaches Earth in December.

Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...

An encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's "protective giant bubble" to draw back. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.