Take a moment to breathe in the air around you and really appreciate it, because that oxygen-rich atmosphere you enjoy so ...
Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.
By integrating seismic data, mineral physics and geodynamic modeling, the study reconceived large low-shear velocity ...
Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to ...
Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...
A rocky, Earth-size planet located in our Milky Way galaxy may have an atmosphere around it, according to new research, raising the possibility that it could also have liquid water on its surface and ...
As telescopes have become more powerful, we’ve been finding tons of “exoplanets”—planets orbiting faraway stars. One such planet, known as exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d, has intrigued astronomers looking for ...
Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...
JWST observations of exoplanet TRAPPIST-1d reveal a lack of a substantial, Earth-like atmosphere, as indicated by a "flat" spectral signature lacking typical atmospheric molecule fingerprints (e.g., ...