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

Stars are far from calm entities. They can erupt in spectacular bursts of energy that disrupt the space around them, and ...

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

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 ...

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

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will ...

For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...

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

By studying it, scientists hope to get a better understanding of how our planet's atmosphere evolved and how it behaves today. The researchers published their findings Aug. 28 in the journal Nature.

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

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