Scientists used to believe that when a massive impact created the Moon, it also delivered a lot of water to Earth. However, this study challenges that idea. Instead, it suggests that Earth got its ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

New research on meteorites may finally hold the answers to why Earth and Mars suffer from a mysterious absence of specific ...

People gazing up at the night sky this March will have the opportunity to see the Moon change color during a special eclipse ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) has been predominantly portrayed as the chief culprit driving global warming. For decades, […] ...

Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Space agencies and billionaires are still mostly focused on Mars. However, if life exists beyond the Earth but within the ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly ...

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...