When NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, launched into orbit in 2016, none of the University of ...

Scientists discovered the ozone hole in 1985, but if they'd had the atmospheric monitoring capabilities of today, they could have found it 30 years earlier, according to new research. As millions plan ...

This is the first image of a rare 'minimoon' that loops around the Earth like a dance partner.

Using complex climate models, researchers have pinned down the point at which life will no longer be able to survive on Earth ...

Earth reaches aphelion on July 6, 2026, placing it about 152 million kilometres from the Sun. So why is it still summer?

(NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington) In case you missed it, last ...

A new study gives fresh insight into what happens to planets after the death of their star. The post Science reveals fate of ...

A surprising reversal in molten iron flow beneath the Pacific is giving scientists a sharper view of how Earth’s magnetic ...

Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth’s core, possibly making it ...

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age—known as Snowball Earth. During the ...

The Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences (CORES) study will provide advice that can be used by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to set priorities and strategies for ...