NASA telescopes in Chile have discovered a comet from interstellar space, making its closest approach in October.

Astronomers are reporting the detection of a large object entering our solar system, and it is causing quite the stir in the ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University ...

Japan’s Himawari weather satellites, designed to watch Earth, have quietly delivered a decade of infrared snapshots of Venus.

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

After 12 consecutive months with temperatures 1.5 C above the 1850-1900 average, Earth’s temperature has now fallen slightly.

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...