A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

The earth’s climate has changed a lot over 4.5 billion years. Before human beings even existed, the earth experienced at least five Ice Ages and warmings due to small changes in its orbit. Since the ...

Astronomers have just confirmed for the first time the existence of a "rogue planet"—a world drifting in space without being ...

Where did all the water come from? Water, water everywhere. It covers 70 percent of Earth’s surface and earns it the nickname “the blue planet.” And yet… where did it come from? How is it so abundant ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

A giant asteroid impact could boil Earth's oceans, killing all life. A significant drop in oxygen levels could cause a mass extinction event. A nearby gamma-ray burst could destroy the ozone layer and ...

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

"ESPRESSO has made it possible to measure the mass of the planet with a precision of over one-tenth of the mass of Earth." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

There’s a new Earth-size planet on the block, and it’s the closest potentially habitable world that orbits a “quiet” life-friendly star. Discovered just 11 light-years away, Ross 128b circles a small, ...

The vast universe is filled with strange and mysterious phenomena, from quasars and black holes to the Boötes void. One bizarre element in space is rogue planets, worlds just like our own, untethered ...

For nearly four years, NASA's Kepler spacecraft whisked through space, surveying our corner of the galaxy. It monitored more than 150,000 stars, looking for planets about the size of Earth that ...

An image that purportedly depicted the Earth and sun recently began circulating on social media. "Earth and the sun caught in a single photo," reads a January 6 Facebook post. "It's so beautiful." ...