which has a half-life of 1.4 million years. This isotope is generated in the atmosphere when cosmic rays interact with oxygen and nitrogen and then deposits on Earth through precipitation, ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

A team of researchers has found an unusual spike in beryllium-10 levels in the Pacific seabed, dating back 10 million years.

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

An ancient bird that swam in Antarctica’s balmier waters 69 million years ago may be the earliest known waterfowl on Earth, scientists say. Birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the end ...

President Donald Trump's inauguration had dramatically lower TV ratings than Joe Biden's inauguration four years ago and Trump's ... which averaged 38.4 million viewers. On Monday, the viewership ...

The McDermitt Caldera is 16.4 million years old, and this specific caldera formation measures 45 kilometers in length and 35 kilometers in circumference. The McDermitt Caldera eruption is believed to ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one ... Initially, SK 15 was dated to around 1.4 million years ago and thought to belong to ...