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

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

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 ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

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

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

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 ...

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

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most ...