This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

The meeting just getting underway in Azerbaijan won't have the top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting ...

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth. Researchers at Tohoku University, the ...

An astronomical phenomenon could grace the night sky with its presence on the eve of Election Day. The Taurid meteor shower .

When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.

The confined characters loop through 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets over the course of a day, trapped in one ... “To look at the ...

It takes 90 minutes for the International Space Station to orbit the Earth. That journey happens 16 times in Orbital, which ...

Oil giant Shell emerged victorious Tuesday from a Dutch court where it was appealing a ruling ordering it to slash its global ...

The astronauts remained tight-lipped about the nature of the medical issue that had left an as-yet-undisclosed crew member ...

British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set ...

The major focus of the negotiations is climate finance, which is rich nations trying to help poor countries pay for ...