When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...

China's commerce ministry said on Thursday that "a certain number" of rare earth export licence applications had been ...

If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmosphere seem to be correlated—and scientists want ...

China's Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving toward each other in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,236 miles ...

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions are set to exhaust the planet’s “carbon budget” within three years, passing another ...

Scientists have never directly detected dark matter, but some wonder if one high-energy detection in 2023 could be a rare ...

Forecasters are closely watching sunspot region 4114, which remains Earth-facing and shows signs of magnetic instability.

Regardless of Musk's ambitions, leaving Planet Simple demands more than a rocket: We need a paradigm shift in how we ...

In Antarctica, a signal like this recently seemed to materialize out of nowhere, but it wasn’t coming from the sky ...