A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own atmosphere.

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research said Wednesday, suggesting that while ...

The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.

Faint booms from space help track incoming debris. But the path matters more than you think. Earth gains a little mass each ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Earth's climate is changing faster than expected, due to growing imbalance in the planet's energy budget, according to new ...

EXCLUSIVE: Scientists say the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet promises to further understanding of planetary systems.

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...