The impact of a Bennu-sized object — a medium-sized asteroid — on Earth's land surface would generate a powerful shockwave, earthquakes, wildfires and thermal radiation, leave a gaping crater and ...

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

Unfortunately, more recent studies — in particular, a review from experts at Drexel University published in the journal Nature — have shown that while houseplants offer plenty of benefits, purifying ...

The rise in carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere is also helping to acidify our oceans even further, resulting in more ...

In a major leap toward sustainable energy, a team of Japanese researchers has developed an artificial photosynthesis system ...