In a surprising twist on our planet’s ancient history, scientists are now suggesting that Earth might once have had a ring ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...

According to reports, a small asteroid called a ‘mini-moon’ will circle Earth for 53 days starting at the end of September.

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

"Primordial black holes do not live in the solar system. Rather, they’re streaming through the universe, doing their own thing. And the probability is, they’re going through the inner solar system at ...

The solar system stretches outward from the ... Astronomers believe an object twice the size of Earth collided with Uranus roughly 4 billion years ago, causing Uranus to tilt.

(F) Earth's dynamic physical systems interact in complex ways with profound impact ... Environmental Challenges: Science and Solutions (4 units) Spring This course explores the impacts of human, ...

We divide by 4 since the solar energy is spread over ... last de-glaciation). The Earth's climate system is made up of regions which respond differently to changes in the planetary energy balance.

worlds in our solar system and beyond! Scientists now think the Earth’s story began around 4.6 billion years ago in a disk-shaped cloud of dust and gas rotating around the early sun, made up of ...

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection introduces the Sun as the main source of light and heat on Earth. It explains that the Earth ...

To reach that surprisingly conclusion, scientists studied the positions of 21 asteroid impact craters during the Ordovician period – the second of six periods in the ...