A recently published study has revealed a little-known tectonic process unfolding beneath Turkey’s Central Anatolian Plateau, ...

Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

When Apollo astronauts first set foot on the Moon, they expected to find the typical grey rocks and dust that had long been associated with Earth’s closest neighbor. What they didn’t expect to ...

This diffusion‑limited regime likely dominates for fluffier aggregates made of phytoplankton remains, fecal pellets, or ...

Around 1 a.m. local time on April 3, 1972, just a few days after the troubled launch, the town of Ashburton, New Zealand, was visited by several 30-pound titanium spheres, each the size of a beach ...

You might think the Earth's largest gold reserves are locked up at Fort Knox. But Earth's core is rich with the precious metal - and it's slowly making its way up towards us.

Some of them had gravity so strong that it pulled them into spheres. And 4.54 ... Lava flowed freely across the surface. And yet, from this hellscape, Earth would eventually transform into a ...

A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time ...

For example, gravity’s effects on Earth at the equator are different, as the pull is weaker there. Gravity is changing parts of our planet deep within the crust, shaping how the surface looks ...

Designed to land on the surface of Venus, Kosmos-482 may have remained intact during its plunge. It splashed down in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, Roscosmos said.