(johan63/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Our early Earth was a heavy metal album cover: a molten ball covered in a global lava ...

Scientists believe there are planets outside our solar system where life is even more abundant and sustainable.

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has been breaking distance records for decades. Launched almost 50 years ago, it became the ...

Imagine that the Sun is on the verge of exploding. Or that a planet-killing asteroid is headed our way. Or maybe you just ...

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not only a dual degree in planetary science ...

Space tsunamis have revealed the weak spots in Earth's invisible magnetic shield, highlighting the regions where dangerous ...

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.

Discover the dramatic forces creating spectacular weather on neighboring planets and moons. Out in the solar system, the weather gets wacky – with globe-spanning dust storms, monsoons of liquid ...