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We can get an idea of how planets appear through a planet parade, but have you ever wondered how our home planet, Earth, looks from other planets in our solar system? Let's take a cosmic journey to ...

Archaeologists have made some incredible discoveries that ... use made of flint and bone were unearthed in the settlement. Many of these objects were richly decorated with geometrical, animal ...

That's the day an asteroid may strike our planet. The chances of 2024 YR4 striking Earth increased this week to 1 in 32 but then dramatically fell to just 1 in 67 after further observations ...

And in a desolate part of central South Dakota, an area about 50 miles northwest of Pierre has been 11 degrees below average, making it Earth’s ... Only five countries - Turkmenistan, Belgium ...

For several years, astronomers have been aware of a much-ballyhooed ... to produce this diameter is also unknown. If it does hit the Earth, it will likely split and cause five clustered impacts ...

NASA is on high alert for a “city-killer” asteroid that’s headed toward Earth — cuz they don’t wanna miss a thing. The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, now has a 1.5% probability of hitting ...

According to NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the risk of the massive space rock, dubbed a “city killer,” has now fallen to about 1.5 per cent. The near-Earth asteroid ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets ... The risk that the asteroid 2024 YR4 hits Earth has risen to the highest level scientists have ever recorded - now computers say it may be even ...

Asia, BBC Earth’s latest natural history landmark series ... marking the first time that Asia has been the focus of a major BBC wildlife series. While Asia is known for some of its more iconic ...