Major clues to the origins of our planet—and life itself—are locked inside some three billion-year-old volcanic rocks from ...

Our solar system is home to worlds that are incredibly strange compared to what we’re familiar with. While Earth is […] ...

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations reveal that the so-called “Roasted Planet” is getting cooked by its host ...

Every July, Earth reaches a point in its orbit called aphelion, when our planet is at its farthest distance from the sun.

Less than 30% of the world’s ocean floor has been mapped to modern standards, meaning scientists still have a clearer view of ...

While Northern Hemisphere residents endure the July heat and Southern Hemisphere residents experience the dead of winter, the ...

If potted plants always seem to die under your care, you can take solace in knowing that plantkind as a whole will probably ...

A rocky world orbiting inside the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf has drawn interest from astronomers. The exoplanet ...

Astronomers have sharply revised down the mass of nearby super Earth GJ 3378b, dramatically improving its prospects as a ...

New research shows that Earth's oceans are warming quickly. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with oceanographer Brad deYoung about the record-breaking rise in marine temperatures.

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

President Donald Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore on Friday to commemorate the nation's 250th birthday on July 4th. PRESIDENT ...