Space debris, astronaut health research, NC astronaut Christina Koch and more. Explore the perils of space junk, why a nonprofit in the NC mountains preserves historic star photos and how scientists ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of Earth occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia ...

Earth’s highest peak isn’t the point that reaches closest to outer space, and the reason has nothing to do with Everest at all. Because our planet bulges at the equator, a mountain thousands of miles ...

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Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of ...

Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice giant and how it can help us understand more about planets in our Solar ...

NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, ...

Decades worth of seismic data confirms the rotation of Earth's inner core is moving slower than the planet's surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

When last year's solar superstorm Gannon slammed into Earth, it not only painted the sky with beautiful auroras, but also ...

Scientists have finally confirmed a powerful coronal mass ejection from another star, using LOFAR radio data paired with ...