Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the ...

Mars has always been a curious planet, often overshadowed by its larger neighbors, but recent research suggests that the Red ...

If future missions confirm sustained heat flow at both poles, Enceladus would strengthen its position as one of the more accessible environments for detecting extraterrestrial life within the Solar ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, with the help of the world’s most powerful telescope, ventures through the Milky Way and into the universe beyond, on the hunt for alien worlds.

Ever since life first sprang up from the primordial soup, it has found new ways to expand. But what happens when life begins to leave its home planet? That was the question NASA astrobiologist Dr.

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The ...

According to a new framework, Earth system engineers alter the planet in ways that affect future life on geologic timescales. Credit: NASA The idea has, over decades, helped ecologists move past the ...

They’re battening down the heavenly hatches. A NASA-coordinated group has reportedly begun efforts to observe Comet 3I/ATLAS after it was seen emitting a never-before-seen alloy and exhibiting other ...

Nov. 3 lecture features NC State's Dr. Julie Swann on Data, Decisions and the Drive to Optimize Health Systems The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics welcomes ...

"This is maybe the first direct evidence that we've preserved the proto-Earth materials." Scientists have identified what may be the first direct evidence of material left over from the "proto-Earth," ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Our Earth as we know it had a “proto-Earth” phase that didn’t survive long before it was pummeled by an asteroid. Researchers who compared levels of ...