In Taiwan's foothills, Formosan Rock Macaques follow a strict hierarchy, where rank decides who gets the best food. For more ...

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. NASA has calculated that the ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s ...

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As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Scientists say they have figured out how to transform rocks into something extraordinary: a high-tech, low-cost substance ...

NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...