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On Saturday evening, February 1, a lovely crescent moon passes just to the left of Venus, which is now shining at the pinnacle of its brilliance.

Upheaval Dome is a giant rock formation in southeastern Utah with two potential origin stories, although most scientists think it was created by an ancient meteor strike.

The potential risks from a major wildfire have been well known for years, but there was little appetite to solve those problems before disaster struck.

The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX in 2018.

Have you used any of these colours in your home?

Discovered by Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey, the Big Ben-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is now seen as a negligible threat, with recent data significantly reducing its impact probability to just 0.004%

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032.

A new report says the expansion of nickel mining in Indonesia is a threat to one of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions

In February 1995, a small research organisation known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive search for an answer to a centuries-old question: are we alone in the universe?

Scientists may have figured out how Mars hung onto its surface liquid water in its ancient history via alternating periods of hot and cold. But what would the impact have been on habitability?