The planet is believed to have once been a gas giant – but evaporation has dramatically reduced it to a fiery terrestrial ...

The moon, Earth’s only natural satellite, has long fascinated scientists and the general public alike due to its unique ...

A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska.

Scientists from the University of Bristol have released shocking information, suggesting that Earth's final days are ...

A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into Earth’s orbit, and now its exploring similar plans for Mars. The company is pitching NASA on a Marslink constellation based on its Starlink design to ...

Everyone’s focused on the risk of this object one day hitting Earth, but just getting close to us may do extreme things to it ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Ever noticed how you catch a glass before it even registers that it's falling? That's because your brain is constantly making ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

Scientists have long wondered how the first cell membranes formed from the primordial soup—a new study offers up a recipe.