A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

Even from space, you can see that the planet Earth is full of life. When you take a closer look, you'll discover a delicate ...

Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...

Climate scientists have long identified 1.5º of global temperature rise as a grave milestone for avoiding disaster ...

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors. Mount Everest is the world's tallest ...

2024 may be a record-shattering year of intense heat, not just for us humans, but also for our planet. In this very year, we ...

October saw near-record temperatures, as 2024 looks to be the hottest year ever. This year is "virtually certain" to be the warmest on record, and the first year to climb 2.7 F on average above ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

SpaceX's new Marslink: high-speed internet connectivity from Mars to Earth, Elon Musk says 'this is just a very basic first ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

A trio of physicists, two with Coventry University, in the U.K., and the third with Laboratoire National des Champs ...