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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time.

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

Nigerian-born U.S.-based lawyer, politician, and author, Chief Owolabi Salis, has etched his name in history as the first ...